Andrew Pace Wants You To Optimize Your Home for Human Occupancy
Release Date: 12/26/2023
The Healthier Tech Podcast
What if your phone was never meant to serve you at all? Writer and researcher Shannon Rowan returns to The Healthier Tech Podcast to break down the uncomfortable truth behind modern technology. Drawing from her latest book The Red Shoes, Shannon explains why today’s devices behave less like tools and more like addictive systems engineered to hijack attention, behavior, and health. This conversation goes far beyond screen time tips. In this episode, we explore: The chilling metaphor of The Red Shoes and how it explains digital addiction and loss of control Why infinite scroll,...
info_outlineThe Healthier Tech Podcast
Privacy did not disappear overnight. It was edited quietly in the background. In this episode of The Healthier Tech Podcast, we unpack Meta’s recent shift back to looser privacy controls and why most people barely noticed it happening. No dramatic announcement. No alarm bells. Just a subtle rewrite of what platforms know, keep, and share about you. What we dig into How Meta went from “privacy-first” messaging back to expanded data sharing Why Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp sharing more data boosts ad precision and revenue The hidden tradeoff between personalization, convenience,...
info_outlineThe Healthier Tech Podcast
AI helps you write in seconds. But do you actually check it, or just hit send. In this episode of The Healthier Tech Podcast, we zoom in on the ethical side of everyday AI use. Not from the perspective of Silicon Valley engineers, but from your side of the screen. The side where AI is quietly becoming the middleman between your decisions and someone else’s reality. You will hear about: Why ethical AI is not just a developer problem, and how the conversation actually starts the moment you copy and paste an AI generated answer The difference between using AI as a helpful draft tool and...
info_outlineThe Healthier Tech Podcast
What if the biggest threat to your career is not outsourcing, automation, or bad bosses but intelligence itself. In this episode of The Healthier Tech Podcast, George Shepherd, founder of 360 Summits and creator of End of Employment, delivers a blunt, wide ranging warning about where AI is heading, why the traditional job model is breaking down faster than most people realize, and what it actually takes to stay ahead of what is coming This conversation goes far beyond marketing tactics or tech trends. It is about resilience, independence, and how to rethink work, income, and purpose in a...
info_outlineThe Healthier Tech Podcast
What happens when you stop thinking first and start prompting first? In this episode of The Healthier Tech Podcast, we dig into the uncomfortable side of AI convenience. Not the doomsday stuff. The everyday stuff that is already changing how you think, speak, decide, and even date. We explore how outsourcing your thinking to AI feels productive at first but slowly reshapes your confidence, intuition, and sense of self. Inside this episode, you will hear about: • Why AI makes your brain feel calm and why that is not always a good thing • How polished AI answers can collapse under real world...
info_outlineThe Healthier Tech Podcast
What if the most dangerous health device in your home is the one you use without thinking. In this episode of The Healthier Tech Podcast, Dr. Beverly Jensen, founder of YouAndEMF.com, explains why modern EMF exposure is not just a fringe concern and how everyday tech habits may be quietly affecting fertility, brain health, childhood development, and long term wellbeing This is a practical, eye opening conversation that connects the dots between invisible radiation, chronic exposure, and the tech behaviors we have normalized. You will hear about: How sitting near a Wi Fi router for months...
info_outlineThe Healthier Tech Podcast
Everyone is using AI — that’s not news. What’s news is how accurate the predictions about it have been. In April 2025, a scenario called AI 2027 laid out what would happen if artificial intelligence began advancing faster than human reflexes. Eight months later, nearly every part of that forecast has already unfolded. In this episode, we unpack what happens when technology doesn’t just evolve — it accelerates itself. We explore how AI has gone from creative assistant to autonomous researcher and what it means when innovation begins to outpace our ability to adapt. Inside this...
info_outlineThe Healthier Tech Podcast
This episode of The Healthier Tech Podcast jumps straight into the surprising ways algorithmic bias shapes financial decisions, hiring processes, and even healthcare outcomes. If you have ever wondered how an invisible line of code could influence real life opportunities, this is the deep dive you will want to hear. We explore how AI systems quietly inherit decades of human bias through historical data and why this leads to unfair credit scores, skewed hiring recommendations, and medical risk assessments that miss the mark for entire groups of people. Key highlights include The real credit...
info_outlineThe Healthier Tech Podcast
What happens when malware stops behaving like malware and starts behaving more like a living digital organism. In this episode of The Healthier Tech Podcast, we break down Google’s latest discovery: malicious software that can rewrite its own code using artificial intelligence while it is already running on your device. This one shift turns a predictable threat into something far more flexible and far harder to detect. We walk through how traditional malware works and why this new generation breaks every rule cybersecurity has relied on for decades. You will learn what makes self-modifying...
info_outlineThe Healthier Tech Podcast
Is the future of artificial intelligence a quiet evolution, a full takeover, or something far stranger. In this episode of The Healthier Tech Podcast, we pull back the curtain on a viral YouTube video and the controversial Artificial Intelligence Singularity Manifesto from AISM, which has generated hundreds of Reddit debates and nearly half a million views. You will hear why the creator claims the singularity is already underway and why she believes humanity is standing on the deck of a sinking ship without realizing the hull has been torn open. We trace the roots of her argument through...
info_outlineToday, I am thrilled to welcome Andrew Pace, a seasoned expert in healthy living and sustainable building practices. With over 30 years of experience, he is a passionate advocate for healthy building design and environmental wellness.
But even though he is in high demand for global projects as a healthy home consultant, his true passion lies in educating and empowering people. Through his company, GDC/Building For Health, Andrew continues to lead the way in providing healthy home solutions and knowledge to people worldwide. Get ready to embark on a journey of discovery with our guest, Andrew Pace, as he shares his wealth of wisdom in the world of health-conscious living.
In this episode, you will hear:
-
The difference between green homes and healthy homes.
-
Why “eco-friendly” products are not always healthy for human occupants.
-
Finding your personal level of green.
-
What a VOC is and why they aren’t always the bad option.
-
Where you can find out more information about building a healthy home for you and your family.
-
Chemical sensitivity and how the pandemic has brought attention to human healthy homes.
-
Cost for cost, there is no difference between building a quality home and building a healthy home.
-
Top emitters in the house and making the biggest differences you can make now.
Healthy building expert Andrew Pace uses his 30+ years of experience to dedicate to the discussion and education of home health and human wellness. With over 30,000 satisfied clients all over the world, Andrew has a keen awareness of the issues relating to chemical sensitivity, green building, mold remediation, and toxicity reduction. As a healthy home consultant, Andrew continues to be sought after to assist on projects all over the world, but his true passion is to educate as many folks as possible. Andrew’s company GDC/Building For Health, continues to be the global leader of healthy home supply and education.
Connect with Andrew Pace:
Website: https://www.thegreendesigncenter.com/
Non Toxic Environments Podcast: https://www.thegreendesigncenter.com/non-toxic-environments/
Instagram: https://instagram.com/nontoxicenvironments
Facebook: https://facebook.com/greendesigncenter
Join the FREE Circle Community for the Non Toxic Environments Podcast
Connect with R Blank and Stephanie Warner:
For more Healthier Tech Podcast episodes, and to download our Healthier Tech Quick Start Guide, visit https://HealthierTech.co and follow https://instagram.com/healthiertech
Additional Links:
-
Shield Your Body Youtube Channel: https://youtube.com/shieldyourbody
-
Host R Blank on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rblank9/
-
Shield Your Body on Instagram: https://instagram.com/shieldyourbody