The Empire's New Clothes

Anna Lembke walks us through her research and understanding of dopamine. How might this relate to the US empire you might ask? Turns out Anna believes too many of us are driven by an out of whack dopamine cycle. This causes us to seek dopamine responses more often than we might otherwise.

Show Notes

We break down many of the concepts in her book Dopamine Nation, where social media fits into all this, and how this might explain some of our nation's extreme political divisions.

What is The Empire's New Clothes?

Is America a Declining Empire? Follow Bradford Pope McArthur as we examine the cyclical forces that make and break empires. We’ll try to answer the big questions of how we got here as a society and tease out what’s coming next. Episodes drop every Monday, follow us on YouTube, IG, FB, Twitter and our site.