나는 왜 지루함을 참지 못할까? l 《편안함의 습격》

0:00 Who is this person? I was an alcoholic. And my father, Samcheondo, and my nephew are both in prison, and my father abandoned his mother and ran off with another woman, and he is living a crazy life, and I will also be in prison someday unless I die quickly . I lived like this, drinking alcohol and thinking ignorantly, but one day this person said, "I don't want to live like this." So, it took 33 days to leave for the North Pole . It's so much fun. [Music] Yes. hello. This is Yoo Seong-woo from Seoul National University College of Medicine and Law School. Today I would like to introduce you to a book called The Assault of Comfort. The original English title is probably something like Comfort Crisis, but the

0:47 translation is called Attack. I did n't read this book first, my wife read it first. My wife said it was really fun to read . So I read it and found it quite interesting, so I wanted to share it with you . First of all, the author of this book is Michael Easter. I think you're a young person. To summarize the book's plot, it's about the author spending 33 days in the Arctic filming a documentary. Then I guess you wrote something that was very uncomfortable for them . you're right. It's that kind of book. But if you talk about what makes it fun, it's surprisingly fun. Why is it fun? This

1:34 is Michael Easter, an explorer now a professor of journalism. And now, as you all know, the Journalism section has a ton of miscellaneous knowledge . This person is an explorer, but he is a bit of a beginner, and he went with someone who has been on adventures in the rough places of America and a photography expert, so he must have learned a lot. Comfort has provided some benefits to mankind, but what are some of the negative aspects? Many of you are interested in dieting, right? What do you think about the North side of Hunggijim? It's not like there's an abundance of food overflowing in the base and there's a chef there like a chef from the South, but it's just like this freeze- dried minimum, it's heavy, so it 's 33 days, so it's not like it's just sitting still, it 's chasing reindeer. You wo

2:21 n't be hungry. Hunger played an important role in our history, but now it has disappeared. It's not like we're all lonely anymore, we're all evil. And it wo n't be boring. This story about various keywords was just boring because it was just a book. It's not the end. It contains a lot of the latest scientific knowledge about the effects of boredom on humanity. So let me give you an example of how comfort affects us, for example, discomfort in the hot summer. I'm washing this in the summer and it was really hot this morning. What if I walk around on a day like that ? Oh, it's so hard.

3:07 So, we're better off lying down or sitting in an air-conditioned room, but what about us humans now? As you all know, many people say that our species first evolved from Homo habilis 2.5 million years ago . Of course, there must have been some before that, but among the intelligent primates, Homo habilis and our true ancestors, Homo sapiens, existed 200,000 to 300,000 years ago. What were they doing until then? It was just uncomfortable. It was always extremely cold in the winter. It's incredibly hot in the summer, so what's the food like? It probably wasn't until ten thousand years ago that agriculture became widespread. Until then, I must have been constantly

3:53 searching for something I was lacking, as if I was chasing a snail in the North Pole. Now, how long has it been since I've felt comfortable experiencing these things? About 100 years ago, I was able to maintain a comfortable environment in the studio thanks to the air conditioning that was developed within the past 100 years. What was it like before that? It must have been incredibly hot. It's summer right now, so I should be lying down and taking a nap, but then I thought, "Oh, I'm glad I'm comfortable now," but this book is comfortable, so there's something bad about it. No matter how much I think about it, is n't it so nice that I feel comfortable before reading this book? There's no reason to starve, right? Oh, I do n't have any money. But if you go to Kimbap Heaven,

4:45 what's the point of filling your stomach whenever you feel hungry for 5,000 or 6,000 won? It 's inconvenient to have to watch YouTube ads, but you can subscribe to YouTube Premium, or there's so much to do even without watching YouTube . There are so many internet sites, and I don't know how many hours a day you spend on them, but those of you who have free time just lie down and turn on the air conditioner and say, "Isn't this heaven?" Living like this is a way of life, even though humanity hasn't even been around for 100 years, and we were lucky enough to be born in a country that is currently in the top 10%, so we are doing relatively well . What could be bad? I'm so tired. Isn't it good to be lazy? That stream is so nice. It feels so good to lie down and listen to music. Oh, my health is not getting better. My health is getting worse. But is n't your health okay? There are so

5:31 many things being discussed these days, but to put it simply, in the past, parents used to say this. These days, kids are the generation that I grew up hearing that story too, but they have no patience. He has no perseverance and gives up quickly. I do n't like hearing things like that, but then again, that era and now are different, so if I say that to MG people these days, it 'll be a big problem. What are you talking about, old fart ? But I think that definitely exists . Helicopter mind or snowmobile mind. Do you know the feeling of a snowman? In America, it is called the "re-snowing mind" and it is a mind that removes everything placed in front of it . So, it would be nice if there were parents who would remove water or anything else as the snowstorm passed, but the problem is that we don't have resilience. So what happens? There are

6:17 many cases where you can't get up. It's so comfortable and good, and there's nothing boring about it, but there are times when we get caught up in some kind of comfort or ease and end up collapsing . There are surprisingly many of them. These days, you don't do anything physically strenuous . But in our legends and stories, the soul always leaves comfort and ease, goes on an adventure, faces challenges, overcomes them, learns something from them, and returns to do something great. Isn't that a thing of the past? But we're now so afraid of and avoid physical things and realization that we're so used to comfort, and as I just mentioned, being lazy is a good thing,

7:04 so aren't we losing the power to take on challenges and things like that? This book talks a lot about this. If you think about it, what about Jesus or Buddha? After leaving the prince's position 250 years ago and going through many hardships while wandering, he finally attained enlightenment. Jesus also went through many trials to live a more comfortable life, and finally encountered God and became the son of God. There are heroic tales and myths like this. When you see that, it's clear that there are certain physical manifestations and mental trials that make us stronger, but we are completely cut off from that source, so we

7:50 don't feel hunger or warmth. Have you ever felt warmth? We put on shorts, we watch Netflix, we go online, so we do n't have that, and what do you mean, we do n't have the opportunity to go through these trials, so aren't we getting weaker and more fragile because we don't have these opportunities ? I'll tell you this story in a very persuasive way, and I'll tell you about it in detail, so you 'll probably read up to page 100. Because this person writes a lot about himself, what kind of person is he? Have you been exploring since birth? Aren't you someone who enjoys that kind of thing? no. I was an alcoholic. And my father and my nephew are both in prison and are

8:35 receiving alcohol treatment, and this person is a somewhat educated alcoholic, so he works hard for a week. Until Friday. Then, when Saturday comes, I wake up on Sunday. His father abandoned his mother and ran off with another woman, and he is living a crazy life, his uncle goes to jail, his nephew gets into an accident because of drinking and goes to jail, and he himself will go to jail someday unless he dies quickly . I lived like this, drinking alcohol and thinking ignorantly, but one day, this person woke up on Sunday morning and said, "I do n't want to live like this." I was wondering how I could get out of this, and then I met someone by chance and we ended up going out. where? To Ojiro. And then somehow I feel like I can overcome this . Because after experiencing discomfort for a long time,

9:22 then feeling bored and lonely, the changes that came to me were very refreshing, and since I am a journalist, I looked into those changes and found that they were scientifically very reasonable. And to challenge this again, I wonder why I should drink again. So, I left for the Arctic for 33 days . It's so much fun up to page 100 . Then, there are a lot of trademarks here. After that, you need to prepare hiking clothes and shoes. And food. You can't just take food like Snickers . But that's a bit lacking in calories. Our sneakers are also too high in calories, so we don't eat them. But now, I'm in a northern country, so I went there and looked for food on Coupang to see if I could survive

10:08 . For example, it's freeze-dried and crushed spaghetti . If you just ride that bike, you can just eat it right away . But this is delicious. Here, now that you've eaten, you try it. It comes out like this and things like that, so it's a world I don't know, so I read it breathlessly and with interest until about 20 or 30 pages, and then I go to the North. Things start to change a bit when you go to the North and chase after Slok. Until then it's a bit comical and a bit whirlwind, but at times it's brisk and fast and slows down a bit. Instead, it becomes dull. It gets heavy and then there's a lot of knowledge about the Arctic in Alaska, what the climate is like, and what kind of things there are,

10:55 and then the emotions that this person felt, and digital devices are no longer working . Because there is no base station. Oh, isn't that the one that jumped from Tesla? Now you don't use it and you do n't have a digital device anymore. It's not like we've been completely deprived of our digital devices for 33 days . Now, I can't do it because I can't do it . And because it was so lonely, three people went at first. Explorer, real explorer, this writer, and the three people who took this picture went together, but the person who took this picture and the explorer have been in the wilderness together for a long time, so they are people who can endure it well, and the main character is someone who has only experienced something like the ocean once and was a boy scout when he was young, so the feeling I got at first was that it was boring.

11:41 People who are bored have a prefrontal cortex called the insula. So, the insula is weakened. This insula is originally designed to set a goal and focus on it. I have a test tomorrow. Super focused. At such times, the insula cortex is the part that gets activated, and when it gets bored, it becomes amplified. Boredom is becoming unfocused. So what's the benefit of that? We humans have to alternate between focused and unfocused modes. But as you all know, what mode are you all in? It's a focused mode. No, but there are times when I can't concentrate. When you watch shorts, do you watch Netflix and zone out?

12:28 no. Here in the book, I did an experiment and it all corresponds to the focused mode. So what does it mean that we are in a focused mode for 24 hours a day ? This is life in the modern age. What is that light-focusing mode? You don't do things like spacing out, taking walks, and feeling bored, do you ? What do you do when you have time? There are many people who even choose Netflix this way while lying down under the air conditioner. What do you watch on Netflix? It 's not Squid Game 3. What a complete mess. I hate tears. Why do you keep passing it off like this? So, if you do that, you won't get bored because you'll only be in concentration mode. But did you ever experience boredom before smartphones when you were young ? What do you do during your kids' vacation

13:14 ? Should I just sit there blankly and read a comic book ? No, should we play a game? Have you ever had an experience where your mom would get in trouble ? In my case, when I was young, there was a game that required 50 won to play, but my mom didn't give me 50 won, so I couldn't play the game. My friends, you know, Xevious, Cobra, you know, there was this game called Raccoon Raccoon. I wanted to play a game called Xevious, but my mother wouldn't give me money. Street Fighter came out when I was in college and he was just lying around at home and playing it, so I was like, what do I do when I'm lying around? So I decided to go to a bookstore called Dongwha Bookstore in Gangnam Station and just read the books. I read The Hero's Tale, Soho Gangho, To Have or Not to Have, and a lot of other

14:00 books. So what are we talking about here? We humans need to maintain a balance between both concentration and decentralization, but modern life is consumed by both concentration and decentralization. why? I kept watching it because I was lying down. But, this person has been doing this for 33 days and he has changed in some way. What will happen? The fact that creativity is boring is ultimately a wandering of the mind . My heart is wandering aimlessly . Haven't you guys experienced anything like that lately ? My mind is wandering in my head . Then I thought, should I try this? A famous American writer couldn't afford a smartphone, so he just lay there and did nothing, and the only thing he could write was a book.

14:45 So, as I was just typing away in my head, I ended up talking about a really famous drama writer . Scientifically creative, where did this come from? This is ultimately a mind wandering in a non-obsessive mode that must take place for a while. So what is the source of creativity? It's called warmth . So, it's so much fun to read this . And what does this person feel about Ttabnam? hmm. I have n't found the reindeer yet. But it's cold. And if you talk to the two people you're going with, how much can you talk about between men ? After talking for an hour, there's nothing more to say, so now we see all kinds of bacteria and other creatures on the ground . You won't see any bacteria. I'm getting bored of looking at the creatures.

15:30 So, because I'm bored, I just think about this and that. Oh, wait a minute. What is this thing I was supposed to do ? Spread your wings and this is now the hill of creativity. So it's really fun. But now that this person has gone to the North, what does he see? nature. It's eco-friendly. Have you ever experienced this eco-friendly thing ? Recently? No. We live in the city. I do crave it. So I'm watching "I'm a Natural Person" so intently, but it's different from that. That's why this person became friendly with nature. I sleep in a North Face tent, wake up, drink some water, and then because it's so cold, I drink a lot of alcohol and walk dozens of kilometers a day. That's all I have, so I'm always in nature.

16:17 What happens when we become this eco-friendly? Originally, humans had a desire to conquer nature, but they also clearly had a desire to become one with nature. I am nature, and it's not for nothing that I came here. So, starting with science and exploring the latest research, what happens to your immunity when you're surrounded by nature? Natural Killer Sayra Cell is rising and there are many things that can be done to treat depression and other mental disorders. What else is there? If you're not hungry, then why not just eat a little bit of Snickers or Haribo ? There's no such thing as a choice. Seriously, even if you eat a lot of the freeze-dried stuff I mentioned earlier, you won't feel full, and then you'll learn about dopamine, serotonin, and

17:04 other things that we don't know much about, and how they're related to the digestive system. This is the most interesting thing about this book. It's a single chapter, but it's called Discovery of Hunger . It's the most fun. Have n't you ever felt hungry? I don't feel well. Because when was the last time you constantly had to grab something and start rumbling? If it's growling, that person is very healthy. Oh, but we eat something before we feel really hungry, so have you felt hungry lately? I feel like I'm going to go eat now that this is over. What this book did for me the most was that it made me think about death, despite the boredom and discomfort, the tranquility, the affinity with nature, and the hunger

17:51 . why? Grab the sulrock. We humans are sinful animals, so we have no choice but to catch them with a gun, drain their blood, and then eat them . When catching a sloch, I didn't know which sloch to catch, but I heard that professional explorers and hunters catch the oldest sloch and the one with the biggest buds. Because there are a lot of people like the leader of Sulrok, and these guys eat the most. So, it could be reasonable to catch them because the youngest slocks in their group would have eaten the older slocks, and then several younger slocks could eat that energy and grow, but now they're going to pick the oldest slocks and eat them, and then

18:37 observe them and do things like that . And then you encounter death . It's interesting that the author tells a story about a monk he met in Bhutan . And this is where Heidegger's story begins. If I could bring death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I could free myself from the anxiety of death and the insignificance of life. Only then can I be free to be myself. As you all know, it's only 33 days, but it's a lie to say that you don't think about death when you're in a polar bear, in a cold that feels like you're biting your flesh , in hunger, in loneliness, and in boredom .

19:24 So, what does this person say? The highest monk in Bhutan is said to have said that there is an end. There is a cliff at the very end before us, and we will end up at that cliff . When we talk like this and realize that there is a cliff, that is, when we recognize death and accept this death with our whole body, we can choose a more beautiful path, a more beautiful path now, we can appreciate the beauty of the path before the path ends, we can sincerely convey our feelings to the people walking the path together, we can hold their hands, and if someone walking that path falls, we can reach out and help them up. I am writing a

20:16 very long and very interesting piece about the words of a Bhutanese monk who said that when you begin to realize that death is approaching, that the cliff is approaching, everything looks different. I've covered this a lot on my YouTube channel, but I'm bringing the Austrian ointment here. What is your biggest regret before you die ? The number one person is not living in the present. The second one was too much work. Isn't Se-Hwan living the life that others want him to live, rather than the life he truly wants? As I talk about this, I think about many things about death during Evil's 33 days in the North Pole, and I'm organizing a lot of the latest research on death in this article . So what did this person do ? After I come back, I'll treat alcoholism. Yes,

21:02 yes. There is one major problem with alcohol addiction. What it means is that when you break free from alcoholism, you feel a sense of relief. There's a period called the Pink Cloud, or the Pink Period, where you feel so confident and like, oh, I'm finally quitting drinking. And what comes out is addiction again. Am I missing something by falling into depression? Most people fall into alcoholism again while struggling, but this person felt this way during his 33 days at the North Pole . Discomfort, loneliness, boredom, isolation , affinity with nature, hunger, and the possibility of death

21:48 . Feeling these things, I completely escaped this pink cloud. And this person is moving now. A place where you may feel uncomfortable. We are moving to a place where we can be close to nature at any time . So I think we can gain a lot from reading this book. First of all, isn't it better to be comfortable like me ? No, it's good to be full and it's a festival. If you are someone who lies down and watches while thinking, " Oh, who's getting married to who?" or worrying about celebrities who have nothing to do with you, then I recommend you read this book. Well, it's not like we're going to become heroes just by going through one physical ordeal . We're not going to be Jesus or Buddha, but if we want to do something, do we

22:36 really have to go through physical discomfort and do that on purpose? that's right. If we want to pioneer a little more in our lives, it's okay to be a little uncomfortable when we're young. Often, we feel uncomfortable and when we overcome this, we feel like we get some sense of accomplishment or something . Also, since we are going through a period of boredom, there must also be a period of discomfort. Shouldn't we be doing things that allow for boredom and even encourage it ? And I want to give myself the opportunity to be quiet and encounter my own nature once in a while, and sometimes let myself be hungry. I haven't mentioned the most interesting chapter, hunger, so please read it. Oh, it's really fun . There is a lot of knowledge to be gained. If I tell you everything, you might not read it, so even a library would be

23:22 fine. Even if you go to the library, be sure to read the first 120 pages. Oh, I want to see some Aegis. Then, I think it would be fun to read about Hungry Phone first . And this is something I found really interesting. The person who translated this is Kim Won-jin, who graduated from the Department of Korean Language and Literature at Seoul National University and has been doing this work for 30 years . But I don't know if you've read this book recently, but it's written here . Recently, I have been living in the city and moving to the foot of the Taebaek Mountains, where I am enjoying life in the mountains. I think I might have been influenced by this book. After reading this book, I don't plan on moving, but I think I should experience being a little more natural and a little more in the past . I had that thought myself . I definitely wanted to recommend this book

24:07 to someone who is accustomed to that kind of urban life . Thank you for listening for such a long time. no see. [music]