Missing Words | Frankly #30
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
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The Importance of Neurotransmitter Diversification
There is a word that I think originated in the polyamory space called Compergion which is to be happy for someone else's well-being and success and not jealous. We are the richest generation ever to live in material standards on this planet but we need people who are content with absolute versus relative wealth. As far as our behavior maybe there needs to be a term that is neurotransmitter diversification. There is a four-legged stool of our main neurotransmitters dopamine and dorphins serotonin and oxytocin, most people are on a one-legged stool which is dopamine. Dopamine drives our addictions our food our social media all kinds of things.
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