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Kaitlin Luna: Yeah, that was an interesting part. You're talking about how it can lead people to have a much hiring interest in sex and gambling. Gambling. That’s fascinating. Why are we always hopeful for solutions even in the darkest times―and so good at figuring them out?
The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Bra… The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Bra…
Dopamine responded not to reward, but to reward prediction error: the actual reward minus the expected reward. Daniel Lieberman: That's right. People say, look, I know my son is a good person and somehow, he got trapped in this web. Therefore, maybe I was wrong. Maybe this really is something besides a moral failing. The answer is found in a single chemical in your brain: dopamine. Dopamine ensured the survival of early man. Thousands of years later, it is the source of our most basic behaviors and cultural ideas―and progress itself. Mike Long: And I think it's interesting to note that if you, if you hear about it or if you see it on a screen or if you're touching every level that increases that here and now participation makes the problem harder. Kaitlin Luna: Wow, that sounds very complex. It's hard to believe this is all happening in our brains all of the time.On the one hand, dopamine has made us Homo Sapiens the dominate species on the planet by giving our ancestors “the ability to create tools, invent abstract sciences, and plan far into the future.” We have brought into being a world in which buildings scrape the skies, the internet unites communities across the oceans, and 8 billion humans coexist relatively peacefully. We have achieved wondrous accomplishments thanks to our internal desires for a better and more comfortable life. The question on the other hand, however, is where does it end? Our authors cautious us, noting that “in an environment of plenty in which we have mastered our world and developed sophisticated technology—in a time when more is no longer a matter of survival—dopamine continues to drive us forward, perhaps to our own destruction.”
Molecule of More By Daniel Z. Lieberman | Used - Wob The Molecule of More By Daniel Z. Lieberman | Used - Wob
What makes you human? Is it your hopes and dreams, your imagination, your desires, your plans and passions? It’s not an easy question. But one thing is certain. Whatever the answer is, it depends on one little molecule produced by your brain: Dopamine. So, from an evolutionary point of view, it's incredibly important. And that's why it's so powerful because it directs our behavior from the bottom up. It's designed to keep us alive and make us evolutionarily successful. Further research on rats proved that dopamine activity was at its highest when animals received tasty food. Scientists named the parts of the brain involved in this reaction the dopamine reward circuit.Mike Long: I'll add just this because that's right on the nose. If you're aware that there are two ways to anticipate or to experience the world, to anticipate it or to experience it and to learn which one is the troll point for you. For most people, probably most people listening to this podcast, It's going to be on the dopaminergic side.
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