Alex Dobrenko
@alexdobrenko
writer comedian just a lil guy head of vibes at Sublime
Alex Dobrenko
botharetrue.substack.com
amazing directory of sweet lil sites
In a series of experiments begun in the 1980s, Schultz and his colleagues showed that when monkeys first get something pleasant—in this case, fruit juice—their dopamine neurons fire most intensely when they drink the liquid. But once they learn that a cue like a light or a sound predicts the delivery of delicious stuff, the neurons fire when the... See more
Maia Szalavitz • Dopamine: The Currency of Desire
dopamine is a prediction machine
So here they are, my personal rules for blogging.
- Three posts a week, more or less.
- One idea per post. If I find myself launching into another section, cut and paste the extra into a separate draft post, and tie off the original one with the word “Anyway.” Then publish.
- No hedging, no nuance. If I’m getting in a twist about a sentence, take it out.
- Gi
15 rules for blogging, and my current streak
“You are weak and raw and broken, and that's okay. That's where real life begins. Throw yourself into that rawness., Dive into a bunch of stories about absorbing and leaning into disappointment and loss and melancholy as a way of moving through it.”
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Heather Havrilesky,
How to Be a Person in the World: Ask Polly's Guide Through the Paradoxes of... See more
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Heather Havrilesky,
How to Be a Person in the World: Ask Polly's Guide Through the Paradoxes of... See more
A quote from How to Be a Person in the World
Mysticism is not primarily a theoretical issue. It is not just a question of an intellectual belief in the existence of God as some kind of metaphysical postulate which can be affirmed or disputed. Rather, mysticism is existential and practical. It is—and this can serve as a rough and ready definition—the cultivation of practices which allow you to... See more