Dopamine fasts: Why Silicon Valley tech workers are avoiding food, TV, sex, music, exercise and eye contact | The Independent
To counteract this state of being, Dr Sepah suggests dopamine fasting 2.0 – a concept that sees people limit behaviours that trigger strong amounts of dopamine release to allow our brain to recover and restore itself .
Acknowledging that the initial idea of dopamine fasting can be traced back to both silent Vipassana meditation retreats, and a more-recent version of the same tactic popularised in 2016, Dr Sepah says the new-and-improved version of the technique, which focuses on abstaining from just one particular behaviour, whether it s a bad habit or addictive, can be useful in resetting the brain.
Remember these people are designing our phones etc. Yes — ai chihuahua indeedy.