Today’s Sirens live in our pockets and on our screens.Social media, streaming, gaming, online shopping — all designed to capture our attention and feed the brain’s dopamine system.
In her book Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence(2021), psychiatrist Dr. Anna Lembke writes:
“We are drowning in dopamine. The quantity, variety, and potency of highly reinforcing drugs and behaviors has never been greater.”
