Provide is more to the left. Let's make this country a better place. Let's progress more. Protect is more to the right. Let's maintain the good things that we have and that's more here and now, neurotransmitters. Kaitlin Luna: Yes, that's not totally surprising. But, I guess the question that this leads me to is do different people have different amounts of dopamine in their brains that could influence this type of behavior? I ask myself in such contexts what influence meditation, mindfulness, and positive psychology might have on the neurochemistry of the brain and, in this case, especially on the essential little helpers that make our emotional spectrum so manifold, wonderful, irresponsible, and prone to lunacy.

The Molecule of More by Daniel Z. Lieberman, Michael E. Long

Daniel Lieberman: That's why there's a fine line between art and insanity. Sometimes we don't know. Sometimes initially we say, this is crazy. This is not art. And then maybe a few decades later we take a second look and we say “wait a minute. That is art.” Daniel Lieberman: Now, if you survey people about that, about ninety percent of people are going to say that it's ethically permissible to pull the switch. And we call that a utilitarian approach to ethics. Maximize future resources. It's very dopaminergic. It's better to save five lives at the expense of one. So, this is a situation which dopamine determines our ethical approach. Full Book Name: The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity–and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race Dopamine is the chemical of desire that always asks for more-more stuff, more stimulation, and more surprises. In pursuit of these things, it is undeterred by emotion, fear, or morality. Dopamine is the source of our every urge, that little bit of biology that makes an ambitious business professional sacrifice everything in pursuit of success, or that drives a satisfied spouse to risk it all for the thrill of someone new. Simply put, it is why we seek and succeed; it is why we discover and prosper. Yet, at the same time, it's why we gamble and squander.Author and journalist Adam Hochschild described it this way: “When I’m in a country radically different from my own, I notice much more. It is as if I’ve taken a mind-altering drug that allows me to see things I would normally miss. I feel much more alive.” Daniel Lieberman: And then you gotta transform. Then you're trying to transfer over to what's called companion It love. That's the kind of love that can last a lifetime. And that's more driven by chemicals like oxytocin and serotonin.

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Models not only simplify our conception of the world; they also allow us to abstract, to take specific experiences and use them to craft broad, general rules. Daniel Lieberman: Yes, that's right. It increases the amount of dopamine that's active at any given point in time. But that's basically by ferrying it from an inactive place to intact place. You've got hundreds of girlfriends. And, like the cocaine addict who no longer gets pleasure from the drug but has to keep doing it, he was no longer getting pleasure from these encounters. But, he couldn't make that transition for one reason or another to the companionate phase.So, the question is, is it ethically permissible to pull the switch to save five lives at the expense of one? Characteristic of things in the extrapersonal space: to get them requires effort, time, and in many cases, planning. There's also examples, though, of people developing artistic and poetic talent as a result of getting these dopamine boosting drugs. Over time things become hidden from out attention. It’s not that a thing starts out hidden, it’s that we make it hidden because it’s not important to us. We inhibit our ability to notice things that are unimportant so we don’t have to waste our attention on them.

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Why are we always hopeful for solutions even in the darkest times—and so good at figuring them out?

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Our brains are programmed to crave the unexpected and thus to look to the future, where every exciting possibility begins. Daniel Z. Lieberman, M.D. is professor and vice chair for clinical affairs in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at George Washington University. Dr Lieberman is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, a recipient of the Caron Foundation Research Award, and he has published over 50 scientific reports on behavioural science. He has provided insight on psychiatric issues for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the US Department of Commerce, and the Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy, and has discussed mental health in interviews on CNN, C-SPAN, and PBS. Dr Lieberman studied the Great Books at St. John's College. He received his medical degree and completed his psychiatric training at New York University. Daniel Lieberman and Michael Long have pulled off an amazing feat. They have made a biography of a neurotransmitter a riveting read. Once you understand the power and peril of dopamine, you'll better understand the human condition itself.