But even those of us who think we're only gonna need it for a few weeks a year don't realize how addictive it can be.

People who live in air-conditioned spaces are very ill-equipped, uh, to deal with outside temperatures when they're not in the norm, when it's not a beautiful spring day of, say, 21 degrees Celsius and not too much moisture.

Dealing with tropical temperatures, for instance, is not something that the human body just cannot do.

I was, uh, landing in Singapore, stepping out of the airport, and I really thought I would collapse.

It was probably 33 and 90%, uh, air humidity, and it was unbearable for me.

Coming back to Asia time and again, I learned how to deal with it.

And with the spreading of air conditioning, this cultural technique in a certain way of l- weathering tropical climate, uh, is being lost.

Did you find yourself at any points during the recent heatwave questioning the way that you've previously thought about this or really not at all?