Daniel Z. Lieberman Molecule of more - daniel lieberman

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• Why are we obsessed with the things we want only to be bored when we get them?
• Why is addiction perfectly logical to an addict?
• Why does love change so quickly from passion to indifference?
• Why are some people die-hard liberals and others hardcore conservatives?
• Why are we always hopeful for solutions even in the darkest times-and so good at figuring them out?
• 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.
• Dopamine is the chemical of desire that always asks for more-more stuff, more stimulation, and more surprises.
• In pursuit of these things, it is undeterred by emotion, fear, or morality.