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🥤Dopamine Detox

PLUS - How they get you hooked | Wisdom Letter #209

Ayush 🙏

Sep 10, 2023

How to end the dopamine addiction?

Dr. Cal Newport explains how you can overcome overstimulation and do long term cognitively difficult work.

(That is the only kind of work which is meaningful btw)

This 15 minute video is worth a watch -

How they get you hooked

This video got me going down my saved articles about dopamine addiction. And I found this old article from Nir Eyal.

The key to becoming a dopamine addict is variable reward -

Read the full article -

How Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest Hook Users

Some more dopamine wisdom

From the book Hyperfocus -

It’s a dangerous chemical. Don’t let it overtake your brain.

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Ayush & Aditi