2021-09-12
EXCLUSIVE TO PUSHKIN+ MEMBERS: We would we choose to climb a dangerous mountain, or spar with a boxing partner or run until our legs burn and lungs ache? Why do unpleasant things sometimes feel joyful and exhilarating? Dr Laurie Santos explores this question with Paul Bloom - a professor at the University of Toronto and author of The Sweet Spot: The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meaning.