Discomfort

topic on 1 show · 2 statements across 2 episodes

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Eyal: All human motivation is driven solely by escaping discomfort
“Human motivation is not about carrots and sticks. It's not about pain and pleasure, but rather it's just about one thing. All human behavior is spurred by the desire to escape discomfort. Everything we do for just one reason, the desire to escape discomfort, e…”
Nir Eyal Dec 21, 2021 ▶ 1:01:07 #127 Best of 2021: Conversations of the Year
Eyal: Digital detoxes fail because they ignore underlying emotional discomfort
“This is why digital detoxes don't work, right? Because we're not learning how to deal with that discomfort.”
Nir Eyal Feb 16, 2021 ▶ 37:38 #104 Nir Eyal: Mastering Indistraction

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