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@person said:
I was listening to a podcast today where the guest was an aging researcher. He talked about an idea he uses that the human body is evolved for some level of stress. In the past we were regularly hot or cold or hungry. But today we can maintain a consistent temperature and are rarely hungry.

It was only touched on briefly but the idea is sort of in line with anti-fragility. Making ourselves too comfortable doesn't protect us, it makes us more vulnerable.

Absolutely; human beings are trifling with Evolution by playing it too safe.
We have created 'ambient living conditions' that have not only messed with our climactic resistance, but we have gone overboard with Hygiene and cleanliness; which in some ways, may well be a very good thing. But in others, have messed with our immune system.

"A woman visited her paediatric doctor, and asked

"When can I stop sterilising my boy's bottles?"
"Is he crawling?"
"Yes..."
"Does he pick up everything he finds, and put it in his mouth?"
"Oh, yes...!"
"Do you wash your floors on a daily basis, and use disinfectant on everything?"
"God, no...!"
"Is he allowed to play in the garden?"
"Oh, sure!"
"Do you have a pet?"
"Yeah, a dog... he loves him!"
"And he plays with the dog, pats it, crawls up to it?"
"Well, yes, of course..."
"You can stop sterilising his bottles..."

then there are the three realities
What you see
What you think you see
What is

Gee, I was going somewhere with that, but tripped over a pronoun. What a mess!