Anxiety is mostly as a lack of control, she says. A lot of people go to psychiatrists and psychologists to turn their anxiety down. But then there are individuals whose anxiety is too far, low down. We find hem in morgues,. We find them in orgs, and we find them in prisons - they constantly expose themselves to more risk for themselves than for others. So it's a cursed to have too much anxiety, but it's also a curse to have too little.
Author and psychologist Paul Bloom of the University of Toronto talks about his book, The Sweet Spot, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Bloom argues that suffering is underrated--suffering is part of happiness and meaning. This is a wide-ranging discussion of popular culture, religion, and what we hope to get out of life.