The Big Short is actually about insanity. More specifically, it’s about the insanity resulting from dopamine-induced addictions to money, power, acceptance, approval, and status.

“Man will do many things to get himself loved, he will do all things to get himself envied.”
– Mark Twain

The inconvenient truth is convenience has turned out to be so addictive it might be too late to save our species from self-annihilation because we’ve reached a point where just discussing what needs to be done is considered too inconvenient.

In a previous post I expressed my appreciation for Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner’s “Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain.” This time around I’d like to address a few reservations.

I’m a big fan of Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner’s Freakonomics series and especially their latest book, Think Like A Freak. In addiction to being entertaining, thought provoking, intriguing, and inspiring, TLAF offers valuable insights into neurocentrism.

“It’s not fuckin’ rocket science, this stuff.”
– Prince of Temptation

“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”
– Mahatma Gandhi

“Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual.” – Friedrich Nietzsche