Slo Mo: A Podcast with Mo Gawdat TJ Power: How Social Media Is Destroying Our Brains And How To Become Happier Humans
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May 25, 2024 
Neuroscientist TJ Power discusses dopamine, oxytocin, and serotonin, advocating for a happier state. Emphasizes gaming's brain benefits, ADHD, and AI's creativity impact. Talks about hobbies, AI automation, and the world without social media. Explores addiction, brain hormones, and ego in a tech-driven world.
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TJ's Journey
- TJ Power's journey into mental well-being began with personal struggles after losing family members.
- He experimented with different behaviors during a three-month retreat and found improvement, inspiring him to share his findings.
Evolutionary Mismatch
- Our brains developed hormones like dopamine over millennia, optimized for a hunter-gatherer lifestyle.
- Modern behaviors like excessive phone use disrupt this balance, leading to negative feelings, signaling a mismatch with our evolutionary design.
Understanding DOSE
- Understand the DOSE hormones: dopamine (motivation), oxytocin (connection), serotonin (mood/energy), and endorphins (stress relief).
- Align your behaviors with these hormones by engaging in activities that naturally stimulate them in a healthy way.