Our culture is brimming with wealth, upward social mobility, and endless access to massive hits of dopamine-fueled pleasure. So why are we still so unhappy?

Access to pleasure is greater than ever in industrialized nations, and yet those same nations are seeing frightening rises in depression, anxiety, and “deaths of despair". In this episode, Anna Lembke, author of New York Times bestseller 'Dopamine Nation,' and John Mark Comer, author of New York Times bestseller 'The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry,' discuss why a life of endless, fast-paced pleasure seeking always comes at a cost, and what might be done in the midst of such an epidemic.

 

• Show Notes:
  • Similar episodes
  • The Price of the Pursuit of Pleasure: Anna Lembke
  • The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: John Mark Comer
• Resources mentioned this episode
  • Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke
  • The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer
• Lee's Interview Notes
  • Anna Lembke
  • John Mark Comer
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