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178 - Cheap Dopamine

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How to Balance Dopamine and Satisfaction

Dopamine is really freaking powerful and in addiction you do it again. That's literally the definition of addiction, despite negative consequences. We have to balance that out with the kind of satisfaction, calm, connect system. And we tend to underdo that part and overdo the seeking desire system. So I like to look at it as how do I turn up the knob of that satisfaction?

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