There's a subtle malfunction occurring within your brain, quietly diminishing life satisfaction over time. This episode of Human Glitch explores how a broken reward system, driven by "dopamine" and "incentive salience," keeps us perpetually wanting more. We examine why "overconsumption" acts as a symptom of this internal glitch, not the cause, and how it impacts our perception of happiness.
0:00 Intro
0:39 The Quiet Malfunction
1:25 Threat Level One
2:25 Your Brain Wasn’t Built for Infinity
3:37 The Dopamine Mistake Everyone Makes
4:40 Threat Level Two
6:30 The Overconsumption Trap
8:23 Where Things Get Worse. Threat Level 3
9:10 Takeaway
