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387 | Desirelessness

The Minimalists

The Perniciousness of Social Media

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"I totally agree with everything you just said. I think in some ways it's even more pernicious than that," he says of social media. "It incentivizes us seeking out those things because we confuse the dopamine rush with happiness" He adds: "If you're yearning for more, more, more...you get that through discontent"

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