See my comment above. I've actually been an entrepreneur, teacher, trainer and comptetitor in the health and fitness field for the better part of the last 15 years. But the last few have seen a lot more screen time, so I'm doing what I can to change that.
Completely agree, as I do with the comments below. A wide range of "real" exercise, from high-intensity training to endurance and flexibility, has and will continue to be a part of my life.
My comment was just on the narrower idea of making the insane number of hours I (and most people) spend in front of a screen or on calls every day a whole lot less sedentary.
I'm actually about to shift my workflow in a major way to include more movement. Already use an adjustable desk, standing in the morning and sitting in the evening. And when I'm on calls, I always use a headset and walk-n-talk.
What's so fascinating about the momentum that gathered behind Ghost and it's funding campaign was that they selling the feature-set in part, but maybe in even larger part, the fact that it wasn't WP. My sense was that people backed it as much out of a sense of "sending a message to David" as they did wanting something better.
I devour books, sometimes for technical knowledge, other times for context. But in the end, it's all just part of the data input process.
How valuable any given bit is, whether it comes from experience or reading, is entirely subjective based on the entirety of the blended data set, my state of mind, the needs of my core project at any given moment in time and my desired outcome.
Plus, as Amanda Palmer said, "We can only connect the dots that we collect," so if books allow us to collect more or better dots faster, sometimes faster than experience, why not add them to the mix?
I'm a fan of Banksy's work. But a huge part of it's appeal at this point goes beyond a visceral response to the piece and gets wrapped up in social currency. "Come see my stencil art" doesn't really pull like "you see my new Banksy?"
That's actually not even a statement about Bansky, in truth, it's about the way the art world has evolved in general.