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We’ve been on the case of the runner’s high for three decades, and in the last few years the focus has expanded beyond endorphins to include endocannabinoids, a class of neurotransmitters. Endocannabinoids are to THC as endorphins are to morphine—substances produced in the body that elicit the same effect as a drug. Likewise, they both dull pain.
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John J. Ratey and Eric Hagerman
But I’m glad we still have a place for things to change hands. Even here, in this territory the map became.
Distrust That Particular Flavor
William Gibson
In narrative rationality, the cheap trick is a more fundamental mental event than goal setting. Where a calculative-rational decision-maker might consider fair costs and actual values of various desirable goals in a new environment, the narrative-rational decision-maker looks for steals and bargains.
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