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From Everyone is Wrong About Dopamine Fasting by Dana G Smith

Dopamine, like all neurochemicals, is involved in many processes throughout the brain and body. It is most notoriously implicated in drug addiction, which led people to believe that dopamine was a pleasure chemical. But in fact, scientists see the biggest dopamine surge in anticipation of a reward, not in response to one. Researchers now believe that dopamine is a salient signal telling the brain what to pay attention to. This fits with one of the neurochemical’s other important roles: facilitating learning. Dopamine teaches the brain to repeat a behavior or experience that was pleasurable or beneficial, but it doesn’t contribute to the feeling of pleasure itself.

From This Is Why You Can’t Stop Overspending by Brianna Wiest

When something shifts within you, something shifts around you. Not the other way around.

From This Is Why You Can’t Stop Overspending by Brianna Wiest

It’s not about convincing yourself never to eat at a restaurant or buy new clothes. Rather, it’s about creating a budget that allows you to do what you desire in life—instead of letting yourself be controlled by uncomfortable impulses.

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Soft skills in UX — what makes a mediocre designer great

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All them A/B tests that never happened

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