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The Molecule of More
The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativityand Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race | Daniel Z. Lieberman, MD, Michael E. Long
Why are we obsessed with the things we want and bored when we get them? Why is addiction perfectly logical to an addict? Why does love change so quickly from passion to disinterest? Why are some people diehard liberals and others hardcore conservatives? Why are we always hopeful for solutions even in the darkest timesand so good at figuring them out? The answer is found in a single chemical in your brain: dopamine. Dopamine ensured the survival of early man. Thousands of years later, it is the source of our most basic behaviors and cultural ideasand progress itself. Dopamine is the chemical of desire that always asks for moremore stuff, more stimulation, and more surprises. In pursuit of these things, it is undeterred by emotion, fear, or morality. Dopamine is the source of our every urge, that little bit of biology that makes an ambitious business professional sacrifice everything in pursuit of success, or that drives a satisfied spouse to risk it all for the thrill of someone new. Simply put, it is why we seek and succeed; it is why we discover and prosper. Yet, at the same time, its why we gamble and squander. From dopamines point of view, its not the having that matters. Its getting somethinganythingthats new. From this understandingthe difference between possessing something versus anticipating itwe can understand in a revolutionary new way why we behave as we do in love, business, addiction, politics, religion and we can even predict those behaviors in ourselves and others. In The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativityand will Determine the Fate of the Human Race, George Washington University professor and psychiatrist Daniel Z. Lieberman, MD, and Georgetown University lecturer Michael E. Long present a potentially life-changing proposal: Much of human life has an unconsidered component that explains an array of behaviors previously thought to be unrelated, including why winners cheat, why geniuses often suffer with mental illness, why nearly all diets fail, and why the brains of liberals and conservatives really are different.
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IuliaC
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Revelatory for how a single molecule in our brain can have such a tremendous impact on so many areas of our lives, with an immense responsibility in the survival of humankind.
Particularly interesting analysis on the role of dopamine in political preferences and how technological progress can be both vital to sustain and destroy a dopamine governed species.

julesG I've always wanted to read a book about Dopamine. 4y
IuliaC @julesG me too 😊 especially as I used to confuse dopamine with serotonin 4y
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IuliaC
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Cool facts I discovered:
📣 Dopamine triggers pleasure based on anticipation, stimulates us to move forward, crave for more, control our environment, innovate, be interested in the future and stay motivated.
📣 It's crucial to know how it works if we want to quit an addiction, make a distinction between wanting something and actually enjoying it once we own it, that it runs free when we dream and can generate creative solutions in real life.

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IuliaC
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From dopamine‘s point of view[...] It‘s only getting things that matters. If you live under a bridge, dopamine makes you want a tent. If you live in a tent, dopamine makes you want a house. If you live in the most expensive mansion in the world, dopamine makes you want a castle on the moon[...] The dopamine circuits in the brain can be stimulated only by the possibility of whatever is shiny and new, never mind how perfect things are at the moment.

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IuliaC
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I've got a TBR pile for January but, except for the tagged one, none of these titles are on Litsy (yet... I hope) 😊📚🧐

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Now to just attach the owl and weave in ends!! Riding the dopamine high right now so this audiobook I just started is very appropriate. Finally mostly done!!!! #audiocrocheting

britt_brooke So beautiful!! 😍 6y
BookishMarginalia How pretty! 6y
TheSpineView Love the colors! ❤ 6y
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mreads Awesome 👏👏👏 love the colors too 6y
Rissreads I love the colours! It is gorgeous 💛 6y
Linsy That is so beautiful! 😍😍😍 6y
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Digital ARC courtesy Netgalley and the publishers.

An engaging and informative book, it explains the role of dopamine in our behaviour. It gives a fantastic look on this molecule.

I am halfway through the book and already have learned so much. And I find myself stopping again and again to read aloud to my family and friends.

Insightsintobooks I liked this book as well. It was interesting. 6y
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Insightsintobooks
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I enjoyed this book. It spoke in easy to follow language that wasn't too scientific. My favorite chapter was the last as we are shown how to effectively use dopamine and not let us always be searching for a dopamine high, but instead be able to use it to our advantage.

I recieved a free copy via #Netgalley in exchange for an honest review

See full review: www.insightsintobooks.wordpress.com

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This is an interesting book so far. I wasn't sure how much I would like it, but the writing style isn't to scientific and it's easy to follow.

Release date: Aug 14
I recieved a copy free from Netgalley.

CSeydel A whole book about dopamine? #gradschoolflashbacks 6y
Insightsintobooks @CSeydel Yeah, it's actually fairly interesting and engaging. 6y
CSeydel I‘ll bet! 6y
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