Michael Easter: The Upside of Boredom + The Crisis of Comfort
04/05/22 • 61 min
Lessons learned from near starvation in the Alaskan wilderness. The evolutionary discomfort of boredom and why we should embrace it. The benefits of dancing on the edge of failure.
Michael Easter, author of The Comfort Crisis, discusses the physiological impact of spending 12 hours a day on digital media and why experiencing discomfort is critical to living more fully.
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Lessons learned from near starvation in the Alaskan wilderness. The evolutionary discomfort of boredom and why we should embrace it. The benefits of dancing on the edge of failure.
Michael Easter, author of The Comfort Crisis, discusses the physiological impact of spending 12 hours a day on digital media and why experiencing discomfort is critical to living more fully.
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