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#599 - Adam Lane Smith - 15 Harsh Psychology Truths
Modern Wisdom
The Overton Window of Comfort
The comfort crisis is the challenge of excessive convenience. It means that we are ever less resilient when discomfort comes knocking and it's going to happen you know unchosen suffering is going to come and smash you in the face whether you're ready for it or not. The brain says hmm would I rather sit here and jerk off to porn and drink this mountain dew or would I rather have go go have a conversation that could kill me no I think I'm going to stay right here. That level of dichotomy doesn't have to be that way and it cannot remain that way to you what's wrong with us?
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