As we get higher and higher on the dopamine ratchet, our brain naturally secretes less dopamine. This causes the re uptake of the receptors not to take it in as much. And i think what's missing is we've outsourced, like you said, our digestion, but we've also outsourced the social contract. The sooner we can build those networks and social capital - getting to know people a little bit less superficially than we do right now will be beneficial.
On this episode, we meet with author, social scientist, policy researcher, and mental health advocate Tim Watkins.
Watkins gives us a bird’s eye view of how energy, the economy, the environment, and mental health fit together. How important will mental health be to help us navigate uncertain times?
About Tim Watkins:
Tim Watkins is the author Consciousness of Sheep, social scientist, policy researcher, and mental health advocate.
Watkins has authored a range of books, including numerous books and booklets on the subject mental health, wellbeing and self-help. In 2015 he published “Austerity - Will Kill the Economy”, a critique of the economic policies adopted in the UK since 2010; and “Britain’s Coming Energy Crisis - Peak Oil and the End of the World as we Know it”, a guide to the UK’s particular vulnerabilities in a world without cheap oil.
Tim Watkins is a founder-director of Waye Forward Ltd. A qualified Life Coach, he also provides coaching, mentoring and support to other writers.
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