Dopamine Addiction Debate
Comments discuss dopamine's role in addiction, reward anticipation versus actual reward, and its relation to instant gratification from social media, gambling, and modern habits.
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losing all nuance by virtue of getting dopamine quicker? count me in!
This just sounds like addiction to the dopamine of instant gratification.
Think about the dopamine release and persistence of it too!
It's really important for everyone to understand the point of the middle of this article which can be summarized as: "dopamine is not a reward, it is the expectation of a reward".However, this doesn't mean that one cannot be addicted to dopamine. Lab rats will submit themselves to physical harm to get more dopamine and humans given a dopamine button keep pressing it for more. This is explained in the book "The Willpower Instinct".It's probably the case th
so we are addicted to dopamine inhibitor inhibitors?
It resonates because of dopamine, and little else
More like a desire for dopamine.
He should have added "dopamine release is an aim in itself"
Is a constant dopamine hit not addictive?
It definitely messes with your dopamine levels.