As summer heats up it is important to always bring a sweater with you.

Huh?! (Yes, I know a sweater is something your mother puts on you when she is cold!)

Likewise if you head to Minnesota in mid-winter you would be wise to bring something lightweight and with short sleeves.

Crazy?!

These seemingly illogical suggestion are actually good ideas. Why? Because our culture is addicted to “climate control.” Air conditioning and central heating make it possible for us to create any kind of climate, any sort of indoor “weather,” we want. Since we still cannot control what kind of weather we encounter outside, in the real world, we over-compensate in our encapsulated climates — our homes, shopping malls, restaurants, office buildings, airplanes.

The hotter it gets outside the colder we crank …