This Society measures the mind. But the mind does not exist in isolation from the body, from sleep, from what you consume, from how you spend your hours away from the screen.
The off-screen curriculum is part of the discipline:
- Read physical books. One chapter daily, minimum.
- Learn an instrument. The violin is the Society's recommendation; any instrument qualifies.
- Strength training, three days per week.
- Real food.
- Eight hours of sleep.
- Sunlight before screens.
- Walks without headphones.
- Time in nature.
These are not wellness suggestions. They are the conditions under which the faculties this Society measures are maintained. A Fellow who trains daily but sleeps five hours and scrolls before bed is working against their own protocol.
The Society holds a standard for what a life of the mind requires. The standard is not only what happens inside the Examinations.