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Fuck dopamine, we're voluntarily breaking our own brains
We're voluntarily breaking our own brains
When we struggle to find the right words, cross out sentences, reshape ideas until they finally capture what we're trying to say, our dopamine system works as evolution intended. When we pick up a pencil and fail to draw what we see, then try again, and again, slowly getting better, our brain rewards the incremental progress that separates us from every other species on the planet. We identify a problem that requires patience, skill, or delayed gratification, then build technology to eliminate the waiting.
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