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DOPAMINE NATION: Why the Modern World Puts Us All at Risk for Addiction

DOPAMINE NATION: Why the Modern World Puts Us All at Risk for Addiction

FromThe Next Big Idea


DOPAMINE NATION: Why the Modern World Puts Us All at Risk for Addiction

FromThe Next Big Idea

ratings:
Length:
75 minutes
Released:
Dec 8, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

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.
Released:
Dec 8, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The Next Big Idea is a weekly series of in-depth interviews with the world’s leading thinkers. Join our host, Rufus Griscom — along with our curators, Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, Susan Cain, and Daniel Pink — for conversations that might just change the way you see the world. New episodes every Thursday.