The Fear of Boredom Is the Fear of Your Own Mind

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Decision Fatigue Is Not a Character Flaw, It's Architecture

🎙️ Somewhere between 4 and 7 PM, simple questions start to feel heavy, patience runs thin, and small frustrations trigger outsized reactions. Dr. Pedram Shojai calls it decision fatigue and argues it is not a character flaw but a measurable, neurobiological result of how modern ...  Show more

The Dopamine Trap: Your Phone Is a Slot Machine

🎙️ Why do you keep picking up your phone, scanning it, and putting it back down without feeling any better? Dr. Pedram Shojai breaks down the dopamine trap: how dopamine drives wanting rather than liking, and how technology built on slot machine design keeps your reward system f ...  Show more

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