Burnout and the relative value of dopamine.

摘要

I HAVE a theory about human beings. It is that, when given any leeway at all, we ultimately do what we want, not what we should. In fact, I so firmly believe this that I consider most excuses bald pretenses that fate and circumstance forced us into whatever predicament we are complaining about. Okay, I know this isn't a blanket truth-and I'm a much more sympathetic person than I sound here, so I will parlay my theory into more scientifically based reasoning: dopamine rules. Dopa-mine ROCKS. I'd be willing to say that many of the problems facing our society today are the culprit of that tiny molecule worming its way into the pleasure receptors of our brains . . . and our craving for more of the stuff.