I think we probablyhae thad experience all the time, and we don't even think to savor it as much as we should. I remember when i was a kid in montreal, shoveling snow. My mum would make me somm like hot cocoa, and have like a bath and it wo just faith so good. And you don't get that thing without the bad things before that. It's interesting that for reasons which are kind of cool, it has to have that sort of a temporal contour.
Some people think humans are natural pleasure seekers. But not psychologist Paul Bloom. In his new book, “The Sweet Spot,” Paul says we’re pain seekers, too. Just think about all the uncomfortable things we do for fun — eating spicy food, climbing treacherous mountains, watching scary movies, engaging in BDSM. Why do that stuff? According to Paul, it’s because pain can enhance pleasure, chosen suffering can make you more resilient, and adversity can suffuse your life with meaning. We can all benefit from a little discomfort, and in this intimate conversation with Next Big Idea Club curator Susan Cain, Paul explains how to fit more of it into our lives.
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