November 12, Wednesday morning:
I don't stay overlong browsing websites often used for entertainment anymore, but I checked YT yesterday and spotted this one video - 'A Caveman's Journey into the Prison of Dopamine'. Now, we've probably heard/read a lot about dopamine, but in that video, the artist added several 'status bars' (something we might understand from ex-games), for 'D/O/S/E' - dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin and endorphins (mood chemicals?). I hadn't used an acronyms for something as practical as that to consider daily before (but also see my forum signature, I guess).
Anyway, it was a crushing middle of a story to witness especially. The ending was a surprise too - you'd think the characters might have simply destroyed the artificial stimuli, but instead acknowledged them as a challenge. The narrator didn't mention further lifelines for anybody who wanted to voluntarily and knowingly challenge themselves to resist said stimuli, but hey, who thinks of everything?
I guess the storytelling counts on people having had formative experiences in nature to actually recall. I happen to, but if not - I've heard of social events where people meet in parks and simply stare into each other's eyes for long periods of time before!
Ah, goodness help the honest citizens advertising such things. Speaking of which, I applauded myself for sitting through 7 minutes of ads in silence, semi-monitoring their progress before the actual video. We know it can be done in place of gaming, too!
~ Matt
Gratitude:
~ Cool breezes through windows the last 24 hours
~ Not messing up my sleep too badly by getting up early again and then having an extra 2 hours
~ Been able to work out moderately after an exertion headache 2 weeks ago (RDLs were the culprit)
~ Physical book reading options - I have a copy of 'The Body, a Guide for Occupants', but I really just want to re-read 'The Stand' by Stephen King for a 3rd time!
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