Well done Alex! I agree, the pleasure chemical is frozen yogurt. I love your graph, I'm quite certain it will be picked up by a peer reviewed journal soon.
I'm (not) looking through you, @Alex Dobrenko, I see your Beatles' reference and just raised you one. And I posit (posit!) this - what happens to dopamine when you become responsible for keeping another human being alive?
wait where was the beatles reference i missed it lol
heres a posit back to your posit: when you try to keep another little idiot alive you lose all your dopamine for 1.5-2.5 yrs and then ur idiot does something so miniscule like gives you a pillow to rest your head and it all floods back in one instant and all is okay again for like 5 seconds then you forget and its hell again
It went quite well! Definitely have some things to change but I still have time thankfully. The neoliberal stuff relates to Mark Fishers theory on the slow cancellation of the future. Basically in my opinion, the end goal of neoliberal politics is the destruction of the future through the continued use of the past as a solved reality. The future is damaging to neoliberalism because by its very existence means there is hope that neoliberalism could fall. Thus neoliberalism, through the slow cancellation of the future rehashes old media, and thoughts without ever making anything new, so that people are unable to see the future. There is no future, there is only neoliberalism and what is already. To make anything new means confronting reality and conflict, which is antithetical to neoliberal hegemony. That is why in terms of movies all we are really getting more and more are remakes, and biopics, or historical films. History has already happened, filmmakers need to make something new! But by rehashing something old they can utilize nostalgia for the past. I read in a paper called Boneyards of the Sortatropolis (highly recommend) "It is in the haze of nostalgia that capitalism can work this aspect of its magic or its seduction; it is in the strategic forgetting that the love affair between labor (and all that implies) and capital continues its dance" (30). Much to think about, and I want to write an essay, because I feel like my thoughts are all over the place and make no ssense, so I hope it makes some sense to you! Sorry for the late reply :p
I've been so not ok this week BECAUSE THE INTERNET, but after reading Science by Alex starring Dr. Dobrenko (TM), I'm actually feeling better! [These are my numbers instead -->]
1. I extra loved the "double blind" joke it felt like a hidden track.
2. Your expression at 1:37 of Dopamine Detox is like my permanent face this week. And was Robert being waterboarded in the background??
3. This reminds me of the whole "I peaked at age XX" thing where not only does it suck getting older, but according to your math here, peak age is the baseline and there's no hope of becoming as good/smart/beautiful as you once were, but then I feel guilty because growing older is the best blessing any one of us could ask for, so then I am grateful for getting older and according to a website: "...expressing gratitude for what's good in life...neural circuitry in our brain (stem) releases dopamine" SO I think I cracked another case for you Dr. D!
4. I'm Hopped up on Dope and delightfully placing my request in your suggestion box to continue to explore all of your notes and questions at this end of this missive. Please and thank you! ~KR
hahah no so robert was actually being riled up by Lauren who was trying to create a super intense scene for the video THIS IS CALLED A SET SECRET TELL NO ONE
Random rewards are the best reinforcement of behaviors, scientifically proven decades ago, last century. Random rewards work on dogs, children, adults, potential gamblers, people with a propensity to drug concerns, love seeking, friendships praise at work, and so on. This is true. Your auditions are simply random rewards, minus punishment.
Humans have more than 50 hormones, and more than 100 neurotransmitters. You've reduced everything to one of each.
Billions of people in the world think they're enough. Billions. This alone disproves your thesis.
Nature versus nurture doesn't even get a passing mention. People with chronic inadequacy beliefs can usually find both the correlation and causation on the nurture side of the fence.
Walk down any street, knock on any door, most people aren't even thinking about whether or not they're enough. They're either living their lives without giving their own value much thought, or living their lives running through molasses, and have no time or energy for introspection, they barely have energy to get through the day.
Nature is the one hormone that you've decided is the source of all ills and sense of inadequacy for all people, even though all people don't feel at all the way that you do. Nurture would be why you work in fields that inherently result in rejection most of the time. Nurture would be what lead you there. What happened, who convinced you that you weren't enough. Why did you set yourself up for a lifetime of random rewards that reinforce that you can't ever be enough. Only you know.
Stay dope ✌🏻
how did I miss a joke like this I'm retiering
lol Alex I literally stole this from your video sign-off 😂 you didn’t miss it, it is your joke!
my god I was so detoxed I blacked out
I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this, but you've been duped by Big Dopamine.
source?
Oh, no thanks. I'm good.
i dont have a good comment today but i just want you to know that i read this
more ppl oughta do this otherwise i truly assume no one is reading it
😆
I don’t have a good comment either but wOw
my unpublished phd thesis “an eye for an eye makes the whole world double blind” is such a funny joke
that joke came to me while drivingb and I built the rest of the essay around it to support its heft
I dunno Alex, this all seems pretty far fetched.
thnats what they said to galilao
Galilmfao.
Well done Alex! I agree, the pleasure chemical is frozen yogurt. I love your graph, I'm quite certain it will be picked up by a peer reviewed journal soon.
I'm (not) looking through you, @Alex Dobrenko, I see your Beatles' reference and just raised you one. And I posit (posit!) this - what happens to dopamine when you become responsible for keeping another human being alive?
wait where was the beatles reference i missed it lol
heres a posit back to your posit: when you try to keep another little idiot alive you lose all your dopamine for 1.5-2.5 yrs and then ur idiot does something so miniscule like gives you a pillow to rest your head and it all floods back in one instant and all is okay again for like 5 seconds then you forget and its hell again
Listen, do you wanna know a secret? You just nailed the dopamine-parenting-paradox.
that's a triple posit
1. dopamine detox (dd if you will) definitely did help (ddddh) but i used it more as a way to kill time at work, hope thats okay.
2. i am thinking a lot of thoughts about this, i agree yes watch uot for big dopa theyll getcha
3. im a public policy major and social study teacher i dont know what science really is other than the immortal science of marxism
4. i think a great way to start is to do what u did and go cold turkey, but it will be hard so its okay
5. ugh i need to write an essay about nostalgia and neoliberalism and cpaitalism, lo ng story short it not good
6. i dont know i dont really do science like that i fear
7.probably something really crazy, im sure it has something to do with sex
8. im fine, i got my big senior presentation today in like 3 hours which is crazyyyy but then im done iwth my main major and its just teacher ed :D
8 i hope ur big preso goes well how did it go I am responding to this 3hr after you posted it so you might be doing it right now!!
wait tell me more about this essay about the neoliberal stuff
It went quite well! Definitely have some things to change but I still have time thankfully. The neoliberal stuff relates to Mark Fishers theory on the slow cancellation of the future. Basically in my opinion, the end goal of neoliberal politics is the destruction of the future through the continued use of the past as a solved reality. The future is damaging to neoliberalism because by its very existence means there is hope that neoliberalism could fall. Thus neoliberalism, through the slow cancellation of the future rehashes old media, and thoughts without ever making anything new, so that people are unable to see the future. There is no future, there is only neoliberalism and what is already. To make anything new means confronting reality and conflict, which is antithetical to neoliberal hegemony. That is why in terms of movies all we are really getting more and more are remakes, and biopics, or historical films. History has already happened, filmmakers need to make something new! But by rehashing something old they can utilize nostalgia for the past. I read in a paper called Boneyards of the Sortatropolis (highly recommend) "It is in the haze of nostalgia that capitalism can work this aspect of its magic or its seduction; it is in the strategic forgetting that the love affair between labor (and all that implies) and capital continues its dance" (30). Much to think about, and I want to write an essay, because I feel like my thoughts are all over the place and make no ssense, so I hope it makes some sense to you! Sorry for the late reply :p
🧡 Robert!
Love it, Alex!
This article has taken me further below baseline than ever before, thanks Alex 🫡
If it’s easier, cancel it and I’ll resubscribe
hey Bo ok I just cancelled it so now yo ushould be able to resubscribe with the discount code lemme know!
Love me some Anne Lemke. She makes my dopamine levels surge.
I've been so not ok this week BECAUSE THE INTERNET, but after reading Science by Alex starring Dr. Dobrenko (TM), I'm actually feeling better! [These are my numbers instead -->]
1. I extra loved the "double blind" joke it felt like a hidden track.
2. Your expression at 1:37 of Dopamine Detox is like my permanent face this week. And was Robert being waterboarded in the background??
3. This reminds me of the whole "I peaked at age XX" thing where not only does it suck getting older, but according to your math here, peak age is the baseline and there's no hope of becoming as good/smart/beautiful as you once were, but then I feel guilty because growing older is the best blessing any one of us could ask for, so then I am grateful for getting older and according to a website: "...expressing gratitude for what's good in life...neural circuitry in our brain (stem) releases dopamine" SO I think I cracked another case for you Dr. D!
4. I'm Hopped up on Dope and delightfully placing my request in your suggestion box to continue to explore all of your notes and questions at this end of this missive. Please and thank you! ~KR
hahah no so robert was actually being riled up by Lauren who was trying to create a super intense scene for the video THIS IS CALLED A SET SECRET TELL NO ONE
Emmys for ALL OF YOU!
Random rewards are the best reinforcement of behaviors, scientifically proven decades ago, last century. Random rewards work on dogs, children, adults, potential gamblers, people with a propensity to drug concerns, love seeking, friendships praise at work, and so on. This is true. Your auditions are simply random rewards, minus punishment.
Humans have more than 50 hormones, and more than 100 neurotransmitters. You've reduced everything to one of each.
Billions of people in the world think they're enough. Billions. This alone disproves your thesis.
Nature versus nurture doesn't even get a passing mention. People with chronic inadequacy beliefs can usually find both the correlation and causation on the nurture side of the fence.
ok caz!!! i see u.
"billions of people in the world think they're enough" -- source???? i need to meet these people
not following on nature v nurture - can you explain
Walk down any street, knock on any door, most people aren't even thinking about whether or not they're enough. They're either living their lives without giving their own value much thought, or living their lives running through molasses, and have no time or energy for introspection, they barely have energy to get through the day.
Nature is the one hormone that you've decided is the source of all ills and sense of inadequacy for all people, even though all people don't feel at all the way that you do. Nurture would be why you work in fields that inherently result in rejection most of the time. Nurture would be what lead you there. What happened, who convinced you that you weren't enough. Why did you set yourself up for a lifetime of random rewards that reinforce that you can't ever be enough. Only you know.
😂👏✍️