Today's society is one of constant accessibility. Anything that we could think to want is a mouse-click away. Food and shelter are almost a complete given in this country, and those who can't afford that can still survive by begging. So what's missing? In past times, when people had to hunt for food and a failed hunt could mean death, there were more natural instances in which the hunter would use adrenaline. Now that we have, for the most part, eliminated survival as an active day to day issue, there is very little need for us to tap into our adrenaline.
This makes me wonder if that's why people participate in extreme sports like skydiving or rock climbing, so that they can have their adrenaline fix. I went skydiving a month ago and couldn't help thinking what a strange environment/human behavior it was. We are so depraved of the rush of life, we have to leap out of the sky to satisfy it.
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