Just Politics

[12yearplan]

My brain is dopamine-drunk; the neurochemical is released whenever we have a positive social interaction, it makes us feel good and reinforces our desire to do whatever we just did again (the same physical response that causes addiction). From an evolutionary perspective, it’s meant to help form habits which keep us alive (like, you get a hit of dopamine when you have sex; it makes you want to do it again – and the species is secured), but in a world of double-tap instant validation, scientists are warning that our dopamine systems are going haywire. I’ve never experienced it before, but the buzz of getting so much love, and so many likes is very real. Real enough to make me wonder whether I shouldn’t make The Face a regular fixture on my feed.

[happy ending ;]
Then I go out and drink and laugh and dance until I’m sweaty without worrying, even for a minute,..
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/5c237a34-7a47-4deb-a5b4-a23e77cc88f7