I’m a sleepwalking zombie staggering around in search of brains. Whoever came up with the concept of the zombie must have been thoroughly familiar with the basic state of the human condition. In the modern world, we know this state of sleepwalking, or walking around on “autopilot” as it’s often called, is a necessary energy conserving state of being. Life is a continuous cycle of receiving, processing, and releasing energy. Much of our energy in today’s societies is spent in search of brains (ie. looking for our smart phones). We often do whatever we must to conserve the energy we have and to survive each day producing, and consuming, as much as possible with as little exertion of energy as possible. This approach, however, is antithetical to the way in which human beings are designed to live. We function better with more energy exertion, not less. When the human body fuels, works, and sleeps as it’s meant to, much less energy conservation is needed.