Overcome the Comfort Crisis

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.7 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Our world has never been more convenient and comfortable. With just a few taps of our fingers, we can order food to our door, access endless entertainment options, and keep our climate at a steady 72 degrees. We don't have to put in much effort, much less face any risk or challenge, in order to sustain our daily lives. In some ways, this quantum leap in humanity's comfort level is a great boon. But in other ways, it's absolutely killing our minds, bodies, and spirit. My guest says it's time to reclaim the currently-hard-to-come-by but truly essential benefits of discomfort. His name is Michael Easter, and he's a writer, editor, and professor, and the author of The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Brett.
0:01.0	We're taking a break from publishing new episodes for the Thanksgiving holiday.
0:04.0	So we're going to re-broadcast episode number 708 overcoming the comfort crisis.
0:09.8	Hope you enjoy it.
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0:25.3	Word of mouth is the primary way we grow.
0:27.9	Thank you so much.
0:29.1	We thank Thanksgiving and we'll see you on Monday with a brand new episode.
0:39.8	Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:43.2	Our world has never been more convenient and comfortable.
0:45.4	With just a few taps or fingers, we can order food to our door, access, endless entertainment
0:49.2	options and keep our climate at a steady 72 degrees.
0:52.2	We don't have to put in much effort, much less face any risk or challenge in order to
0:55.3	sustain our daily lives.
0:57.0	In some ways, this quantum leap in humanity's comfort level is a great boon, but in other
1:00.4	ways, it's absolutely killing our minds, bodies and spirit.
1:03.7	My guest says it's time to reclaim the currently hard to come by, but truly essential benefits
1:07.3	of discomfort.
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