Dopamine doesn't ask. It takes over.

28 July 2025·3.8K views·46 likes·38s·114 words

Key Takeaways

  • 1And on a daily basis, most people don't have enough work
  • 2And most of these are unproductive, like mindless scrolling, that is maybe smoking
  • 3Dopamine is something that gives you pleasure
  • 4The thing that gives you pleasure, the thing that gives you happiness, at some point it's also going to be painful
  • 5With technology, with the amount of resources, the amount of work we used to do, has now decreased

Full Transcript

Dopamine is something that gives you pleasure. Its opposite side is pain. The thing that gives you pleasure, the thing that gives you happiness, at some point it's also going to be painful. With technology, with the amount of resources, the amount of work we used to do, has now decreased. And on a daily basis, most people don't have enough work. And when you don't have work, you are spending that time with activities that are giving you dopamine. And most of these are unproductive, like mindless scrolling, that is maybe smoking. These are things that will ultimately put you in a spiral and bring you in a space which is incredibly negative.