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Why the Modern World Puts Us All at Risk for Addiction (2021)

The Next Big Idea

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Dr. Pimple Popper's Videos

Ana Navarrette: I like to watch videos of podiatrists shaving away people's calluses and corns again. She says we find a source of pleasure, and it's almost immediately counterbalanced with pain. If you continue to tap the pleasure bar too many times, our experience of the pleasure erodes, she says. "It gives a neuroscience frame for why we are the ultimate seekers," writes Navarrette.

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