book-Dr. Anna Lembke-Dopamine nation

[fabger]

This book is crucial for understanding pleasure and happiness. Also, it explains what dopamine ''detox" is actually about. It got me motivated to take cold showers and excercise.

[Dr Palmer Aldritch]

THis book opens your eyes to how getting people 'hooked' is about as fundamental to a capitalist society as anything.  Think about the gas station.  What do they sell besides gas?  lotto, garbage food. caffeine, nicotine, alchohol.  I' probably overlooking some things here, but the point remains the same.  Our society isn't built for people, it's built for profits on the backs of people who shell out the cash, one way or another, for whatever reason.  The fine point is that we must be very diligent of our own biases, and seductive addictions.  I find the 'news' to be really hard for me.  Media companies are desperqte for clicks, likes, and shares.  And they frequenly get it it by tapping into our deep seated desire to know about tragedies, violence, wars, and partisanship.  It's OK to check he new here and there.  But def not multiple times a day.  There's a point at which being informed works agains t our priorities it actualize.