The Hacking of the American Mind
by Robert Lustig
Lustig on dopamine versus serotonin, pleasure versus happiness, and how sugar, screens and marketing exploit the difference. Forceful, sometimes overstated, useful frame.
Read it if…
you confuse pleasure with happiness and want the biology.
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Skip it if…
you want nuance over polemic.
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Three things you will actually use
- Pleasure is not happiness.
- Connect, contribute, cope, cook.
- Reduce the hijacks.
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Read the chapter distinguishing reward from contentment.
Our verdict
Pleasure versus happiness.
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