I'm sure besides the emotional upheaval of taking an animal's life, the macho challenge of shooting a rifle in front of two other people and missing must have been on your mind too. Do you ever shoot a rifle before? I didn't have much rifle experience. So that's why I contacted a guy through a different network. And then when I get up there, I don't know if I'm ready, but I'm closer than I was, right? Yeah. But that's so scary.
Journalist and author Michael Easter talks about his book The Comfort Crisis with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Easter thinks modern life is too easy, too comfortable. To be healthy, he says, we need to move out of our comfort zones and every once in a while try to do something, especially something physically demanding, that we didn't think was possible. Easter discusses rising levels of anxiety and depression in the West and why taking on challenges can be part of the solution.