Other People’s Podcasts 0109 – Art Of Manliness: How to Avoid Death by Comfort
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:58 — 55.1MB)Subscribe to the podcast. RSSFor as long as I’ve been doing this podcast I’ve been telling you what my very first Lieutenant in the infantry told the platoon on a regular basis. “Comfort kills. Stagnation is death.” Nietzsche’s maxim, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger,” isn’t just a sound philosophical principle. It’s also a certifiable physiological phenomenon; toxins and stressors that could be deadly in large doses, actually improve health and resilience in smaller, intermittent ones. The ironic thing, my guest points out, is that it’s the fact that … Continue reading →