Idea To Value - Creativity And Innovation

In this episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with Michael Easter, author of The Comfort Crisis and Professor of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. See the full episode at https://wp.me/p6pllj-1Ia #podcast #creativity #comfort #survival We speak about the dangers our society faces by wanting to be more comfortable, and how we can improve our creativity by pushing our comfort barriers. Topics mentioned in this episode: 00:02:30 - The benefits of embracing discomfort 00:04:30 - How our evolution made us avoid risk 00:05:30 - Why we are no longer willing to be bored and the negative aspects that this brings, 00:09:30 - how being bored can be good for your creativity 00:12:30 - The importance of getting away from screens and 00:14:45 - People need a certain degree of challenge in order to be healthy, and why we evolved to be afraid 00:18:45 - Michael's experience in a highly dangerous place 00:21:30 - Why people want to keep the status quo, and how we need to take small risks even i