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#225 ‒ The comfort crisis, doing hard things, rucking, and more | Michael Easter, MA

The Peter Attia Drive

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The Evolutionary Purpose of Boredom

Boredom serves as an evolutionary discomfort to indicate that the return on time invested in an activity has worn thin, prompting individuals to switch to more fruitful pursuits. This instinctual response helped early humans survive by driving them to seek alternative food sources when hunting was unsuccessful.

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