The Dopamine Dilemma: How Our Brain's Reward System is Hijacked

For episode 12, Chep is joined by Jens to discuss the impact of selling your attention for cheap dopamine hits, the importance of nuclear families in today's world, and the potential future systems that could shape how nation-states govern. They also dive into the problems with real estate as a store of value, Bitcoin vs fiat currency and the body as your proof of work. This was a super fun conversation. Thank you for listening! Jen's Substack https://thegoodx.substack.com/ The Prism Substack https://gurwinder.substack.com/ Times codes Intro: 00:00:00 00:00:30 The body as your proof a work 00:04:15 Why Nuclear families are so important 00:09:10 Demographics 00:12:37 Democracy vs Monarchy 00:18:55 Doublespeak 00:20:30 Future systems that we might end up with 00:26:45 National divorce 00:31:32 Private vs public ownership 00:33:00 What America has going for it 00:37:50 Respecting people’s private property 00:40:30 Voting vs voting with your dollar/feet 00:44:54 How we improve the client with first principle thinking 00:47:00 Jen’s journey down the Bitcoin path 00:53:21 Time preference 00:55:00 Tips & tricks for not giving into cheap dopamine 01:05:00 Holding your own hand 01:08:00 Making that internet money vs making real things 01:13:00 The problems with real estate becoming a store of value 01:18:48 Outro If you got value out of this episode and want to return the favor value 4 value send me some sats [email protected] or via fountain.fm