{"product_id":"the-molecule-of-more-how-a-single-chemical-in-your-brain-drives-love-sex-and-creativity-and-will-determine-the-fate-of-the-human-race-book-by-daniel-z-lieberman-and-michael-e-long","title":"The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity--and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race\nBook by Daniel Z. Lieberman and Michael E. Long","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWinner of the Next Generation Indie Award\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhy are we obsessed with the things we want and bored when we get them? \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhy is addiction \"perfectly logical\" to an addict? \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhy does love change so quickly from passion to indifference?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhy are some people diehard liberals and others hardcore conservatives?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhy are we always hopeful for solutions even in the darkest times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eand so good at figuring them out?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe answer is found in a single chemical in your brain:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003edopamine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e. Dopamine ensured the survival of early man. Thousands of years later, it is the source of our most basic behaviors and cultural ideas--and progress itself. \u003cbr\u003eDopamine is the chemical of desire that always asks for more--more stuff, more stimulation, and more surprises. In pursuit of these things, it is undeterred by emotion, fear, or morality. Dopamine is the source of our every urge, that little bit of biology that makes an ambitious business professional sacrifice everything in pursuit of success, or that drives a satisfied spouse to risk it all for the thrill of someone new. Simply put, it is why we seek and succeed; it is why we discover and prosper. Yet, at the same time, it's why we gamble and squander. \u003cbr\u003eFrom dopamine's point of view, it's not the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ehaving\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ethat matters. It's getting something--anything--that's new. From this understanding--the difference between possessing something versus anticipating it--we can understand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ein a revolutionary new way\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewhy we behave as  we do in love, business, addiction, politics, religion - and we can even predict those behaviors in ourselves and others. \u003cbr\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Molecule of More:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHow a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity--and will Determine the Fate of the Human Race\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e, George Washington University professor and psychiatrist Daniel Z. Lieberman, MD, and Georgetown University lecturer Michael E. Long present a potentially life-changing proposal: Much of human life has an unconsidered component that explains an array of behaviors previously thought to be unrelated, including why winners cheat, why geniuses often suffer with mental illness, why nearly all diets fail, and why the brains of liberals and conservatives really\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eare\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003edifferent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Lovers BD","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":55120847274275,"sku":null,"price":280.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":55120847307043,"sku":null,"price":410.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":55120847339811,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0954\/5872\/2083\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_27dcf590-2767-454f-9f13-46121a54def8.png?v=1779288578","url":"https:\/\/www.bookloversbd.shop\/products\/the-molecule-of-more-how-a-single-chemical-in-your-brain-drives-love-sex-and-creativity-and-will-determine-the-fate-of-the-human-race-book-by-daniel-z-lieberman-and-michael-e-long","provider":"Book Lovers BD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}