This is excellent information well presented. Two sentences popped out at me: “Nature runs on cycles” and “The result is a population that is exhausted but under-rested, stimulated but cognitively depleted.” Humans are a product and a part of that same nature. To ignore that is to foster what’s described in the second sentence: burnout. Thank you for curating & posting, Hui.
Thank you so much for your kind feedback! I appreciate your point “Humans are a product and a part of that same nature.“ That’s why we need to foster the care, the cycle.
I worked in commercial/industrial lighting for 30 years. LED changed lighting and started to address the circadian rhythm. Correlated color temperature and Kelvin temperature have a huge impact on people's behavior and, in health settings, healing. Check out the newest technology, called Human-centric lighting (HCL), a lighting design concept that mimics the natural daylight cycle to support human health, mood, and productivity, by automatically adjusting brightness and color temperature throughout the day, to help regulate the body’s circadian rhythm. People who work in settings with no natural light will be delighted!
Thank you for sharing your industrial knowledge. Great point—LED and human-centric lighting have opened up real opportunities to better support circadian rhythm, especially in spaces without daylight. The key is that timing, intensity, and spectrum matter together, not just color temperature alone. One caution about “healing” in health settings, the evidence is better interpret as supporting, and safer not to say direct healing.
This was an excellent read Hui. I know I may not be the exact target audience for this but reading about the specifics, especially about the brain, the eating and the sleep were very interesting to me. Thanks for posting!
This is excellent information well presented. Two sentences popped out at me: “Nature runs on cycles” and “The result is a population that is exhausted but under-rested, stimulated but cognitively depleted.” Humans are a product and a part of that same nature. To ignore that is to foster what’s described in the second sentence: burnout. Thank you for curating & posting, Hui.
Thank you so much for your kind feedback! I appreciate your point “Humans are a product and a part of that same nature.“ That’s why we need to foster the care, the cycle.
I worked in commercial/industrial lighting for 30 years. LED changed lighting and started to address the circadian rhythm. Correlated color temperature and Kelvin temperature have a huge impact on people's behavior and, in health settings, healing. Check out the newest technology, called Human-centric lighting (HCL), a lighting design concept that mimics the natural daylight cycle to support human health, mood, and productivity, by automatically adjusting brightness and color temperature throughout the day, to help regulate the body’s circadian rhythm. People who work in settings with no natural light will be delighted!
Thank you for sharing your industrial knowledge. Great point—LED and human-centric lighting have opened up real opportunities to better support circadian rhythm, especially in spaces without daylight. The key is that timing, intensity, and spectrum matter together, not just color temperature alone. One caution about “healing” in health settings, the evidence is better interpret as supporting, and safer not to say direct healing.
This was an excellent read Hui. I know I may not be the exact target audience for this but reading about the specifics, especially about the brain, the eating and the sleep were very interesting to me. Thanks for posting!
Thank you for your kind words and engaging comment Lee! So glad that this is interesting to you. My pleasure to share it!