Arthur Brooks

You know what I mean?

I know.

And there are other, by the way, there's a whole spectrum of these things, of these dependencies that are all involving the, the, you know, the dopamine cycle in your brain.

Some of which are not just sort of neutral and hidden like the phone.

Some of which are, are, are applauded.

You know, if you're a workaholic, nobody will say, I mean, if like, if you're a pathetic alcoholic, nobody will say, it's like, Chris, you were off.

You drank.

You know, you drank 750 milliliters of gin last night.

I saw you put that, congratulations, you're excellent.

They're going to say, you got some problems.

I mean, I think you got to get that looked at, right?

But if you work 16 hours a day and neglect your family, you're going to get a promotion and a raise.

You're going to get rewarded for that.

So there's some addictions that, you know, people actually love because it works in their favor.

It enriches them.

And it actually leads to the world's rewards, which people admire.

So the point is that we have a responsibility to look after ourselves, look after the pathologies that are actually inherent in our behavior, and to see, is it actually making my life better or is it making my life worse, notwithstanding the reaction of the rest of the world?

What does fixing the doom loop look like?

What is fixing?

It means clipping it.