Addiction Science — Why the Brain Keeps Wanting What It No Longer Enjoys
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
Author: Scientific American Editors
This episode explores this Scientific American collection on addiction science as a systems-level analysis of how reward systems, neuroplasticity, and behavioral reinforcement influence perception, behavior, and institutional outcomes.
By focusing on incentive architecture rather than moral framing, the episode shows why addictive systems persist — and how they connect to larger biological, economic, technological, and cultural structures.
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