Why the Modern World Puts Us All at Risk for Addiction (2021)

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Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Education, Science

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🗓️ 3 August 2023

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

In “Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence,” Dr. Anna Lembke says today’s superabundance of pleasurable stimuli makes us all vulnerable to overindulgence. But don’t lose hope. Anna, the medical director of addiction medicine at Stanford, says that by understanding how modern stimulants — from Instagram to masturbation machines — prey on our primitive brains, we can find ways to overcome the unhealthy dependencies that prevent us from leading balanced lives. (This episode originally aired in December 2021.) Host: Rufus Griscom Guest: Anna Lembke Executive Producer: Caleb Bissinger The Next Big Idea is produced in partnership with LinkedIn Presents

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0:00.0	LinkedIn presents.
0:05.6	Hey everyone, producer Caleb here.
0:07.6	Rufus is off this week, so we're bringing you one of our favorite episodes from the archives.
0:13.1	It's a conversation he had with Dr. Anna Lemke.
0:16.2	She's a professor at Stanford University School of Medicine and author of The New York Times
0:21.2	Best Seller, Dopamine Nation, finding balance in the age of indulgence.
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1:06.9	your podcasts. Okay, let's hear Rufus' conversation with Dr. Anna Lemke.
1:13.7	I'm Rufus Griskem, and this is The Next Big Idea.
1:17.6	Today, finding balance in an age of over-indulgence.
1:41.8	Anna Lemke never thought she'd become an addict.
1:45.2	I really don't care for alcohol. It doesn't do much for me.
1:48.1	Caffeine doesn't wake me up. I'm not a big food person. Food has been sort of fuel for me.
1:54.0	My whole life, but never particularly reinforcing.
1:57.2	That obscenious nature makes sense, given what Anna does for a living.
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