Tucker Walsh on Substack
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Tucker Walsh on Substack
In 2018, reeling from simultaneous breakups with a co-founder and a girlfriend, Zerfas signed up for a 10-day silent meditation retreat. “I quickly learned things could get worse,” he tells the room at Applegate with a grim laugh. After eight days of migraines, he changed techniques and stumbled into the most euphoric experience he’d had in a year.... See more
Naina Bajekal • My Week at the Buzzy Meditation Retreat That Promises Bliss on Demand
Is America Switching from Booze to Weed?
Is America Switching from Booze to Weed? Archives - Freakonomics
here are some of the things I worry about in using medications to press on the pleasure side of the balance.
Anna Lembke • Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
I sometimes wonder if our modern predilection for becoming addicted is fueled in part by the way drugs remind us that we still have bodies.
Anna Lembke • Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Self-binding creates literal and metacognitive space between desire and consumption, a modern necessity in our dopamine-overloaded world. Medications can restore homeostasis, but consider what we lose by medicating away our pain. Pressing on the pain side resets our balance to the side of pleasure. Beware of getting addicted to pain. Radical honest
... See moreAnna Lembke • Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
He believes you can only ethically give out drugs if you are also at the same time trying to solve the deeper problem.