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Busy is an Addiction: The dubious value of being busy
Busy is an Addiction: The dubious value of being busy   ·  2
ButterflyEffect  ·  3842 days ago
randsinrepose.com  ·  #thehumancondition  ·  #thehumancondition.ButterflyEffect  ·  #psychology

    The issue, just like exercise, is that each time you build, the high becomes slightly harder to achieve. Part of your hormonal reward is based on the fact the thing you just built has never been built before. It’s novel and your brain commensurately rewards the new because it has learned after millions of years of evolution that doing so is collectively good for our species.
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insomniasexx  ·  3841 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Related Read (trying to find Hubski link): http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/30/the-busy-trap/

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lil  ·  3841 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Good find, bfx. This rand guy is very interesting. I bookmarked his Nerd Handbook explaining nerds to spouses. He has good stuff to say also about writing.

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