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395. Difficult Conversation as the Precondition to Progress | Adam Smith
The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
The Problem of Complexity and Embracing Productivity
A professor at Yale teaches a popular class on happiness, emphasizing the challenge of being productive. The human brain tends to avoid complexity, but embracing it is essential for growth. Exposure to too much complexity causes stress and aging. The optimal amount of complexity is achieved through voluntary play, where disagreements and cooperative competition lead to personal development and fulfillment.
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