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169: How to Calm Your Mind, with Chris Bailey

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Dopamine

Dopamine is the pleasure of chemical. That's what gets triggered whether you are taking a hit, taking a drink if you're an addict or eating an Oreo if you are really addicted to sugar. And we kind of generally think like the Oreos and the drugs, those are bad. But all the goals that I'm setting, those are good. When we're able to manifest our values through our actions, that's where meaning comes from. We can value stimulation as a human being. Humanism achievement is also a value. Power is a value too. Security, conformity, tradition, having respect,. This commitment, this acceptance of these customs and ideas that we have.

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