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93: The Year of Calm

Time and Attention

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Is Dopamine a Bad Thing?

Dopamine is essential for the critical functions of our body. But dopamine also has a darker side as well to do with stimulation and accomplishment. We have this mental mode that we enter into that is called an acquisition mentality, where we're focused on acquiring more of something that we have. A generalized striving is based on top of dopamine.

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