The Oil Drum | The Psychological and Evolutionary Roots of …

Just as an addict becomes habituated to cocaine , heroin or alcohol , the ‘normal person’ possesses neural architecture to become habituated via a positive feedback loop to the ‘chemical sensations’ we receive from shopping, keeping up with the joneses …… Drug addiction is defined as “the compulsive seeking and taking of a drug despite adverse consequences”. If we substitute the word ‘resource’ for ‘ drug ‘, have we meaningfully violated or changed this definition?

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