Happiness & Drugs

Human beings are a species that has survived to this age due to certain of our behaviors being “rewarded” while others “reprimanded.” Many things we do on a day-to-day basis give us “pleasure” so that our brains are wired to repeat these actions over and over again. Eating, sleeping, and bathing are basic behaviors that promote our overall health and wellness. But what about social behaviors?

As always, technological progress has occurred without much awareness or heed to the “human” consequences. Those are things we will have to learn to adapt to or make laws for as we learn from our mistakes. As media and, increasingly, AI have replaced social interactions and trust-building between individuals, that “pleasure” we receive from social interaction is even minimized.