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Dopamine Nation — The Science Is Thinner Than the Story
Dopamine Nation begins with a paradox: the easier pleasure becomes to access, the harder satisfaction may become to sustain. Anna Lembke argues that modern life surrounds us with high-reward stimuli — drugs, food, gambling, shopping, social media and endless digital entertainment — while the brain continually adapts to repeated exposure.At the center of the book is Lembke’s pleasure-pain balance, a model she uses to explain craving, tolerance, withdrawal and the strange way repeated attempts to feel better can eventually make ordinary life feel worse. Her prescriptions often sound…
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