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    The Chemical Dance: How Hormones and Status Shape Our Decisions

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    2025年9月21日
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    Discover how dopamine, serotonin and cortisol secretly influence your choices in this cutting-edge exploration of decision-making biology. Drawing from Wolfram Schultz's neuroscience research, Andrew Huberman's dopamine studies, and Robert Sapolsky's insights, learn how status and hormones create the hidden feedback loop determining what you value.

    The Chemical Dance: How Hormones and Status Shape Our Decisions

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    Values aren't just abstract ideals we carry around—they're living priorities our biology re-weights depending on our hormonal state and social position.

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    How do hormones affect our motivation and decision-making process?

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    知识来源
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    https://www.befreed.ai/book/dopamine-nation-by-anna-lembke
    The Status Game
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    https://www.befreed.ai/book/the-status-game-by-will-storr
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    https://www.befreed.ai/book/the-elephant-in-the-brain-by-kevin-simler
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    核心要点

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    The Chemical Dance of Decision-Making

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    2

    Your Brain's Value Calculator

    0:53
    1:19
    1:32
    1:56
    2:02
    3

    The Hormone Cast Directing Your Life

    2:35
    3:06
    3:11
    3:32
    3:35
    4:01
    4:08
    4

    The Status-Hormone Tango

    4:25
    4:37
    4:58
    5:06
    5:25
    5:32
    5

    When Biology Hijacks Your Values

    5:57
    6:02
    6:25
    6:29
    6:46
    6:51
    6

    The Trust Equation

    7:18
    7:26
    7:43
    7:47
    8:06
    8:15
    7

    Practical Plays for Better Decisions

    8:42
    8:48
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    9:27
    9:31
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    9:50
    8

    Beyond the Chemical Simplification

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    The Biology of Better Choices

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