# Event Details - **Event Name**: Living in Discomfort, a talk by Irina Yakutenko, biologist and science journalist (in Russian) - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 25 Jul, 2024 at 07:00 pm – Thu, 25 Jul, 2024 at 09:00 pm - **Event Description**: You will learn how to use discomfort for your own good and even love it. This talk will be held in RUSSIAN, followed by Q&As.Why the comfort and convenience of the modern world is the cause of a huge number of human misfortunes and problems. How does conscious decision to refuse comfort help to solve those problems?We often try to avoid discomfort. Civilization technological progress and consumerism make our lives more convenient enjoyable and comfortable. For every tiny unpleasant sensation the modern world offers a thousand ways to avoid it as if to give us psychological well-being and free up our brain for more important and valuable tasks. What is it really like?Compared to the life of not only primitive or mediaeval people but even our grandparents we live in incredible comfort but the proportion of depression anxiety and anhedonia is only growing. It’s a paradox yet the potential to pull us out of melancholy and despondency is not an additional increase in comfort and well-being but exactly the opposite. That is discomfort. It works as a powerful stimulus for growth and development helping us become stronger in every sense and achieve what we could not even dream of before.Irina Yakutenko is a molecular biologist, science journalist, author of the books “Will and Self-Control. How genes and the brain prevent us from fighting temptations" and "The Virus that Broke the Planet" author of the popular telegram channel "Weak-willed Masons", also YouTube channel about a scientific view of everyday things: https://www.youtube.com/@irina_yakutenkoWHEN: Thursday 25 July 19:00 – 21:00WHERE: Earth Science Lecture Hall Downing St. Cambridge CB2 3EQ (please enter via the southernmost entrance)LANGUAGE: RUSSIAN - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cambridge/living-in-discomfort-a-talk-by-irina-yakutenko-biologist-and-science-journalist-in-russian-tickets/80002613664443 - **Event Categories**: health-wellness, mental-health, public-speaking, art, literary-art, nonprofit - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 6 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 5, max: 20, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Cambridge - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: The Earth Sciences Lecture Theatre - **lat**: 52.2053370000 - **long**: 0.1218170000 - **full address**: The Earth Sciences Lecture Theatre, Downing St., Cambridge CB2 3EQ , Cambridge, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Living in Discomfort, a talk by Irina Yakutenko, biologist and science journalist (in Russian) - **Image URL**: https://cdn2.allevents.in/thumbs/thumb6694fce4d3824.jpg ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Living in Discomfort, a talk by Irina Yakutenko, biologist and science journalist (in Russian) being held? - **A:** Living in Discomfort, a talk by Irina Yakutenko, biologist and science journalist (in Russian) takes place on Thu, 25 Jul, 2024 at 07:00 pm to Thu, 25 Jul, 2024 at 09:00 pm at The Earth Sciences Lecture Theatre, Downing St., Cambridge CB2 3EQ , Cambridge, United Kingdom. - **Q**: How much do tickets cost for Living in Discomfort, a talk by Irina Yakutenko, biologist and science journalist (in Russian)? - **A:** Ticket prices for Living in Discomfort, a talk by Irina Yakutenko, biologist and science journalist (in Russian) range from GBP 5 to GBP 20 depending on the ticket type. - **Q**: What is the refund policy for Living in Discomfort, a talk by Irina Yakutenko, biologist and science journalist (in Russian)? - **A:** Tickets for Living in Discomfort, a talk by Irina Yakutenko, biologist and science journalist (in Russian) are non-refundable. 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