Rufus Griskam talks with Dr. Anna Lemke, author of Dopamine Nation and Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence. Rufus also shares decision-making advice from fighter pilots,. poker players, and business school professors. Follow The Next Big Idea Daily wherever you get your podcasts.
In “Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence,” Dr. Anna Lembke says today’s superabundance of pleasurable stimuli makes us all vulnerable to overindulgence. But don’t lose hope. Anna, the medical director of addiction medicine at Stanford, says that by understanding how modern stimulants — from Instagram to masturbation machines — prey on our primitive brains, we can find ways to overcome the unhealthy dependencies that prevent us from leading balanced lives.
(This episode originally aired in December 2021.)
Host: Rufus Griscom
Guest: Anna Lembke
Executive Producer: Caleb Bissinger
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