News Summary

• As humans, how can we create meaning, feel a deep sense of accomplishment, and tap into the simplicity of joy in this complicated modern era?
• Sebastion Junger’s Tribe offers a clear response to this question: too much comfort is the enemy of life, meaning, and vitality.
• Ironically, these modern technologies might actually make us less intelligent, less competent, less confident and increase our fragility.
• As a therapist, I believe that these types of minor frustrations built grit and resilience – and even a certain type of satisfaction – into the backbone of American culture.