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Makes sense to me. Im on keto/carnivore, when im strict w no cheating. After about 2 weeks im reorganizing and less interested in videogames. I think, sugar is

• toomuchtodo 2y ago
  Root cause is a hormone imbalance, GLP-1 agonists patch a reward center in the brain (scoped to addiction, whether that be food, drugs, alcohol, gambling, etc). What’s interesting is that we’re about to have a large scale natural experiment around addiction and whether it is chronic due to brain chemistry or more willpower as GLP-1 agonist uptake rate skyrockets in the general population (which should result in addiction reduction at scale).
  • fragmede 2y ago
    It'll certainly affect how society views addiction in general. Most people don't have a good picture of addiction, and don't understand that a drug addict can no more stop doing drugs than you can yell at a cripple to get them to stand up. it's a mental disease, not a moral failing, and as we learn more about the brain, we're going to find out that who we are comes down to just getting lucky with chemistry and physics. The sci-fi future is what if you could go into a clinic and get your personality tuned up. Yes I'd like to add some humor but not sarcasm to my personality. Give me a bit more motivation, and I'd like to like jazz.