Comfort At All Costs

Sustainable Minimalists

We have nearly engineered out all discomfort from our modern lives. Great, right? Not so fast: doing so comes at our own expense.

On today's show: comfort creep's harms, with practical thoughts on course correction.

 

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[1:30] Humans have evolved to prioritize comfort. What's so wrong with being ultra-comfy?

[6:30] Research finds that when we adopt a new comfort in our lives we adapt to it quite quickly. Enter comfort creep

[11:30] ... But is it sustainable? Our reverence for comfort has come at the expense of our planet's health

[19:30] We have countless modern comforts yet we're still unhappy; here's why

[25:00] Parents, stop managing all of your child's discomforts!

 

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We have nearly engineered out all discomfort from our modern lives. Great, right? Not so fast: doing so comes at our own expense.

On today's show: comfort creep's harms, with practical thoughts on course correction.

 

Here's a preview:

[1:30] Humans have evolved to prioritize comfort. What's so wrong with being ultra-comfy?

[6:30] Research finds that when we adopt a new comfort in our lives we adapt to it quite quickly. Enter comfort creep

[11:30] ... But is it sustainable? Our reverence for comfort has come at the expense of our planet's health

[19:30] We have countless modern comforts yet we're still unhappy; here's why

[25:00] Parents, stop managing all of your child's discomforts!

 

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Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

2023-10-17 33 min 5 chapters
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