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designed to allow people and the things people
use to interact in the safest, most effective,
and most comfortable manner. You work indoors. You're not on
your feet all day and you do no heavy lifting.
You have escaped from the brutal nature of most
human labor. And yet at the end of the day you
feel exhausted. You have vague aches and pains
that you are embarrassed to mention to your
doctor. If you do, the doctor gives you some
equally vague advice: take it easy; don't push
yourself; get more rest. If that doesn't work,
maybe you're a whiner, a hypochondriac.
Or maybe you're being
attacked by your possessions.
Perhaps you've been
making do with a worn-out old mattress in the
bedroom, an office chair that won't let you sit
up straight, and a computer screen that you
struggle to read with your bifocals. You bought a
desk and a file cabinet whose colors complement
each other perfectly, but you had no idea how
downright irritating ordinary furniture can get
if the only choice you bother with is matching
style and color.
Somewhere in this world
is a reading light, chair, bed, perhaps even a
keyboard and desk, built just for you. This book
will show you how to find them.
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