Ep. 04 - Overcoming inertia, or not.

Published: Feb. 14, 2021, 9:10 p.m.

Why do we willingly embrace the discomfort of strenuous exercise and laborious studying but avoid a slightly awkward social interaction? How central is embracing discomfort to living a meaningful life? Here the discussion explores why we might choose to overcome the inertia or why we give in to the immediate gratification of avoidance.