The Comfort Trap: Lonely In A Crowd

Commune with Jeff Krasno

Commune Media

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.6 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

As modern society increasingly emphasizes the individual, our ability to thrive is bound to our capacity to connect, cooperate, and create meaningful relationships, rather than isolating ourselves.

This is the conclusion of our multi-week series exploring how our relentless pursuit of ease is undermining our health and resilience. But don't despair! You will be empowered with ways to extend your healthspan, rekindle your vitality, and age well.

Read the full text of this series on Jeff's Substack: https://jeffkrasno.substack.com/

Or, find the recordings on Audible, Apple Books, or Spotify.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Commune podcast. My name is Jeff Krasno. Today's show is part of a multi-episodic series
0:12.5	here on the podcast titled The Comfort Trap, the Ill Effects of Chronic Ease. In this project,
0:20.8	I explore a profound yet oft-overlooked
0:23.5	paradox of modern life. Our relentless pursuit of ease and convenience is leading into a very
0:30.8	inconvenient epidemic of chronic dis-ease. Throughout this audio program, I will leverage my mythical hunter-gatherer ancestor
0:40.7	Fedge Ansark, yes, just my name spelled backwards, as the benchmark for comparing
0:47.4	ancient and modern living conditions. The comparison elucidates modernity's comfort-induced evolutionary mismatches and their
0:58.2	knock-on physiological and psychological impacts. The comfort trap audio program is available in its
1:05.0	entirety on audible, Apple Books, or Spotify. Premium Spotify members can also listen to it for free as part of their
1:12.7	premium subscription. I'll also be publishing a written edition over on my new substack at jeffcrasno.
1:21.2	substack.com. In today's episode, I unpack the evolutionary mismatch between the human need for connection and single-family homes and apartments.
1:33.9	I describe how our modern obsession with individualism has contributed to an epidemic of loneliness,
1:40.4	and I prescribe a social fitness regimen as a means to build social bonds and connection.
1:48.7	So get ready to dive into lonely in a crowd, the price of individualism, on a communal species, right after this short break.
2:14.4	Music right after this short break. Hey, it's Jeff, and I'm here to talk to you about your feet.
2:19.2	So your feet are biomechanical masterpieces.
2:23.3	They're made up of 26 bones, hundreds of muscles and ligaments and thousands of nerves.
2:28.8	So the question is, why are we cramming them into ill-fitting, cushioned, and rigid shoes? So we're partnering with
2:37.0	Vivo Barefoot. They're a natural health lifestyle B-Corp on a mission to reconnect people to
2:43.1	nature and to their natural human potential. Founded by two cousins Asher and Galaad from a long
2:50.3	line of cobbler's, Vivo Barefoot has one simple
2:53.6	insight at its core. When feet can move as nature intended, your whole body thrives.
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