How to Stop Dopemin Intoxication and Have a Pleasure Afterward

Hormesus is the study of ways in which exposure to mild to moderate toxic stimuli is actually good for us. If we expose ourselves to too much pain all at once, then we're essentially telling our bodies, oh, this isn't just minor injury, like yeu're going to die. And so there's a potentially healthy source of dopemine. The problem is, as you and i have been discussing, that our world has also managed to make things like exercise addictive,. You know, ice cold water can be addictive if we up the anti and get colder and colder with, you know, the technology that allows us to do that. So it's finding, you know

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