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The Book Pile

Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke

The Book Pile

Kellen Erskine and David Vance

Comedy, Arts, Books

4.8598 Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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SUMMARY: We live in a society inundated by endless sources of entertainment and cheap dopamine. In today’s book, Anna Lembke discusses how we can respond to such dangers, like, for instance, a pool table. Friend, either you're closing your eyes to a situation you do not wish to acknowledge, or you are not aware of the caliber of disaster indicated by the presence of a pool table in your community. Well, ya got trouble, my friend, right here I say, trouble right here in River City Why, sure, I...

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0:00.0

All right, Kellan, for this episode on dopamine, what is a random thing in your life lately that has brought you joy?

0:08.1

Stealing Amazon packages.

0:10.1

Oh, that's fun.

0:11.1

You got anything like good?

0:12.7

People demonize it, but they don't understand.

0:14.8

It's a lot of work getting to the good stuff.

0:18.7

Because sometimes it is like an expensive Lego set, but most of the time it's like

0:24.7

chlorox wipes.

0:26.9

You know how when someone has a breakout success, you see the success, but you don't see

0:30.6

all the work that went into it.

0:32.1

It's the same thing with stealing Amazon packages where it's like, yeah, you've got an iPhone,

0:36.3

but that was like, you know,

0:37.6

that could have been the 100th package you stole that day.

0:44.4

This is hard because this is actually one of the things I hate most about.

0:48.2

His package thieves.

0:49.2

Human beings.

0:56.9

Do you wonder if all your habits are making you happy?

0:58.9

Did you know you're only supposed to have seven?

1:02.2

Today's book is on managing your relationship with dopamine.

1:06.0

And like any neuroscience book, disclaimer, this is medical advice.

1:08.4

Kellyn is a medical professional and is liable.

1:12.5

The book is Anna Lemke's Dopamine Nation, the neurochemical I'll be flooded with during Kellyn's civil

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