In the winter time, you're all about huga, which is this danish art of cosiness, lighting candles. You also find a lot of joy in learning about scandinavia. Yet, you have a much higher pain threshold than i do. I think part of it, we should say, your former collegiate ath you ran track in college. You now race trathlan. Have you heard of this thing they do in finland where in the winter time,. they like, set up a sana next to a frozen lake? They go back and forth between the sauna and the lake. Does that sound fun to you? Totally really.
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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