Tim Ferriss

Dirt poor in villages.

And Shangan people in South Africa also.

I mean, not quite as destitute, but very rough situation.

Displaced people.

All right, so if I'm gonna armchair quarterback this, which why not since I'm sitting in an armchair, I would say I think that having everything is part of the recipe for dissatisfaction, right?

You start fearing having those things taken away.

I do think your level of entitlement goes up.

And there's a great book by Sebastian Junger called Tribe.

I really recommend everyone read this.

Sebastian has been through some shit.

It's about veterans, I believe.

It includes a lot of discussion of veterans.

Tribe really talks about social cohesion, but if you look at, for instance, I think the example... There are a number of examples he gave, but looking at World War II, bombing in the UK, and how...

Admittances to hospitals, now there are a number of different ways you could explain this, but effectively, the incidence of mental illness, suicide, et cetera, all seem to plummet while the city's being bombed.

What's going on there?

And you see a similar pattern in other places.

Well, I think that when you have seemingly everything,

you by default almost necessarily can easily end up majoring in minor things, right?

Because you don't have any major problem to deal with.

But humans love having problems and solving problems.