SUMMARY:
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Why do we obsess over the things we want but lose interest once we have them?
Why does addiction seem “perfectly logical” to an addict?
Why does love go from intense passion to indifference so quickly?
Why do some people staunchly support liberal ideologies while others are staunchly conservative?
Why do we hold out hope for solutions even in the darkest times and excel at finding them?
The answer lies in a single brain chemical: dopamine. Dopamine was crucial to the survival of early humans, and thousands of years later, it determines our fundamental behaviors, cultural ideas, and progress.
Timecode:
00:00:30 – Introduction, TOP VS BOTTOM
00:05:01 – Chapter 1, LOVE
00:07:22 – WHAT is more powerful than pleasure?
00:11:59 – MONKEYS AND RATS AND WHY LOVE COLLAPSES
00:15:26 – Why does love fade?
00:19:45 – ONE BRAIN, TWO WORLDS
00:24:40 – GLAMOR
00:28:55 – THE DARK SIDE
00:34:00 – MICK JAGGER, GEORGE COSTANZA AND “SATISFACTION”
00:36:40 – THE CHEMICAL KEYS TO LASTING LOVE
00:44:15 – TESTOSTERONE: THE HERE AND NOW CHEMICAL OF SEXUAL ATTRACTION
00:46:25 – DOPAMINE PUTS YOU TO BED. . . AND THEN embarrass
00:49:41 – WHY MOM WANTS YOU TO WAIT UNTIL YOU ARE MARRIED
00:53:29 – Chapter 2, Drugs
00:54:27 – WHO CONTROLS YOUR BRAIN?
00:57:51 – HOW TO STAY ALIVE
01:02:35 – WHY WE LIVE IN A WORLD OF GHOSTS
01:07:57 – WANTING VERSUS LOVING
01:11:23 – Hijacking the circuit of desire
01:20:57 – THE REASON DRUG ADDICTS THINK SMOKING CRACK IS BETTER THAN SNORING COCAINE
01:25:17 – Drunk versus high: what's the difference?
01:27:28 – THE DESIRE THAT NEVER STOPS
01:30:31 – DESIRE IS PERSISTENT, BUT HAPPINESS IS Ephemeral
01:36:25 – THE PARKINSON PATIENT WHO LOST HIS HOUSE BECAUSE OF VIDEO POKER
01:42:10 – MORE, MORE, MORE: DOPAMINE AND THE POWER OF PORNOGRAPHY
01:45:07 – THE POWER OF EASY ACCESS
01:48:33 – ARE VIDEO GAMES ADDICTIVE TOO?
01:55:53 – DOPAMINE VERSUS DOPAMINE
01:58:46 – Chapter 3, Domination
02:05:27 – TENACITY
02:14:51 – SELF-EFFICACY: DOPAMINE AND THE POWER OF CONFIDENCE
02:16:21 – DOMINATION IN A PILL: SIDE EFFECTS INCLUDE OPTIMISM, WEIGHT LOSS AND DEATH
02:23:45 – ON ANY GIVEN SUNDAY
02:26:57 – What if you tried to be nice?
02:33:59 – SUBMISSIVE MONKEYS, Humble Spies
02:36:25 – OUTER SPACE CHALLENGE, INNER SPACE FIGHT
02:40:07 – DOPAMINE EXPLAINS THE MYSTERIES OF ADHD
02:48:55 – THE CHEMISTRY OF FRAUD
02:54:17 – WIN TO AVOID LOSING
02:56:48 – HOT AND COLD VIOLENCE
03:02:19 – WHAT IS A DOPAMINERGIC PERSONALITY?
03:03:48 – REMOVAL OF EMOTION
03:05:15 – HOW TO AVOID A PUNCH
03:09:55 – IT’S EASIER TO KILL AT A DISTANCE
03:16:37 – DIFFICULT DECISIONS IN THE REAL WORLD
03:18:46 – THE RADISH AND COOKIES CHALLENGE
03:22:53 – THE WILL EXERCISE MACHINE
03:27:02 – MOTIVATION ENHANCEMENT THERAPY: DESIRE DOPAMINE VERSUS DESIRE DOPAMINE
03:31:52 – ADDICTION: IT’S WORSE THAN YOU THINK
03:35:17 – TWELVE-STEP FACILITATION THERAPY: H&N VERSUS DESIRE DOPAMINE
03:40:05 – Chapter 4, CREATIVITY AND MADNESS
03:41:39 – BREAK WITH REALITY
03:48:35 – SALIENCE AND DOPAMINE CONNECTION
03:50:42 – A PSYCHOTIC SHORT CIRCUIT
03:52:27 – BLOCK DOPAMINE TO TREAT PSYCHOSIS
03:55:13 – DRINKING FROM A FIRE HOSE
04:03:55 – A WORLD BEYOND THE SENSES
04:06:26 – MENTAL TIME TRAVEL
04:13:56 – BREAK THE PATTERNS: COMMIT ON THE PATH TO CREATIVITY
04:16:22 – DISCOVERING THE SOURCE OF CREATIVITY. . .
04:22:06 – DREAMS: WHERE CREATIVITY AND MADNESS MIX
04:25:54 – HOW TO HARVEST CREATIVITY FROM A DREAM
04:34:30 – DREAM STORIES AND SONGS
04:35:48 – DREAM INCUBATION: HOW TO SOLVE YOUR SLEEP PROBLEMS
04:37:18 – WHY NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS LOVE TO PAINTING
04:38:43 – WHY GENIUS ARE CONSULTS
04:42:56 – THE TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES
04:47:47 – SURF, SAND AND PSYCHOSIS
04:51:01 – Chapter 5, POLITICS
04:55:23 – PROGRESSIVES IMAGINE A BETTER FUTURE
04:59:19 – FROM HOLLYWOOD TO HARVARD
06:01:08 – WHY WASHINGTON MUST ALWAYS “DO SOMETHING!” »
06:08:24 – Chapter 6, PROGRESS
06:10:28 – THE ADVENTURE GENE
06:12:19 – MORE DOPAMINE, MORE DISTANCE
06:14:07 – SURVIVAL OF THE STRONGEST
06:21:58 – IMMIGRATION
06:26:20 – Chapter 7, HARMONY
06:35:57 – THE REWARDS OF REALITY
06:41:46 – . . . BUT DON’T TRY TO MULTITASK
06:44:42 – THE HIGH COST OF LIVING IN THE FUTURE
06:47:58 – SHAKE IT
06:53:13 – THE POWER IS IN YOUR HANDS
06:57:14 – Acknowledgment
Credits: Text – DANIEL Z. LIEBERMAN, MD and MICHAEL E. LONG
Audio narration – Nicole Brown
Visual photography and editing – Zafar S.
Sound design – Arti
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