There's a link between the process that elsewhere he mentions people need to go through to adapt there - developing a tougher skin is part of it, and that rela

There's a link between the process that elsewhere he mentions people need to go through to adapt there - developing a tougher skin is part of it, and that relates to learning to regulate amygdala activation - and current political questions relating to political correctness, triggering, safe spaces and the like. The research suggests that the answer to fear is incremental exposure - see treatment for arachnophobia for example - but that is not how we tend to think about it in our society today. Eg How Trigger Warnings Are Hurting Mental Health on Campus - The Atlantic https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/09/the-coddling-of-the-american-mind/399356/&ved=0ahUKEwjXzJ_Q3orRAhVBWxQKHVLUDbsQFggaMAA&usg=AFQjCNHhD1lh2QCarNrCA5sVVv5HecEpIA&sig2=THTB-1vSU5ZAr7jIjjRG5Q https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http:...