No Free Dopamine - That's All He Says.

Eric Liu: "I think what he's saying is that we sort of are living in like a world where we have created this just like abundant and like never ending access to instant dopamine" In the wild, dopamine was attached to things that were good for us. And now in the modern world, you can just you just click buttons and get it everywhere,. He says if this is making us weak in a particular way, we are removing all the struggle and life ... You can't even enjoy yourself for a second."

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