How to enjoy reading (in the age of fast dopamine)

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Rafael Soler

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Published on January 11, 2024 12:00:00 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3Nm0rbLovE

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How many books did you read last year? I think I can count on one hand how many books I've read in the last twelve months. But why am I reading less?

Maybe for the same reason that you no longer read like you used to: we are in the era of fast dopamine, where stopping to read a book is much more difficult than scrolling through an infinite feed waiting for the next video of fifteen seconds or less to come soon. will be forgotten, but first it will give us a small dose of reward.

And yes, we are talking about dopamine.

00:00 - Introduction
00:28 - The dopamine thing
02:39 - How I got back to reading more
03:25 - 1st Law
04:53 - 2nd Law
06:35 - 3rd Law
08:17 - 4th Law
09:42 - Conclusion