The Forum with Anna Lembke: Dopamine Nation

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We live in a world of unprecedented access to pleasure—and unprecedented opportunity for overconsumption. From our smartphones and social media to food, shopping, gaming, and entertainment, high-reward stimuli are available to us virtually around the clock. But as psychiatrist and author Dr. Anna Lembke argues in Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence, the relentless pursuit of pleasure can ultimately lead to pain. Join Dean Malcolm Clemens Young for a conversation with Dr. Lembke about the neuroscience of desire, the surprising relationship between pleasure and pain, and h