金钱与多巴胺之间的相似性非常耐人寻味。两者本质上都是奖励系统。当它们建立在工作量证明（proof-of-work）原则之上时，效果最佳。 不经努力就产生的金钱（腐败的货币）是文明的祸根——它奖励胁迫、资助无休止的战争，并激励欺骗与宣传。同样，不经努力就获得的多巴胺，会摧毁大脑对艰苦付出的奖励机制。 腐败的货币和廉价的多巴胺，都在未经同意的情况下，向未来的人类借支。 Andrew Huberman（Huberman Lab）谈多巴胺： “脱离努力的多巴胺追逐，是通往长期痛苦的配方。” “高多巴胺但不付出努力，会导致基础多巴胺水平的崩塌，使生活变得乏味、费力、缺乏动力。” “如果你持续从几乎不需要努力的来源中获取多巴胺，最终你将失去从需要付出努力的事情中体验到动力与愉悦的能力。” 规律总结： 多巴胺的每一次飙升，都会伴随一次低于基线的回落 当多巴胺通过努力获得，基线会更强地恢复 当多巴胺不经努力获得，基线会下降并长期维持在更低水平 用 Huberman 的话概括：当你在不付出努力的情况下获取多巴胺时，你是在向未来的自己借多巴胺，而这笔账迟早要还。 廉价的多巴胺，就是魔鬼。 The parallels between money and dopamine are fascinating. Both are reward systems. Both are optimized when built on the principle of proof-of-work. Money that is produced without effort (corrupt money) is the bane of civilization (rewards coercion, funds endless warfare, motivates deception and propaganda). Similarly, dopamine that is obtained without effort kills the brain's reward system for hard work. Corrupt money and cheap dopamine both borrow from future humans without their consent. Hubmerman (@hubermanlab) On Dopamine: “The pursuit of dopamine divorced from effort is a recipe for long-term suffering.” “High dopamine without effort leads to a collapse in baseline dopamine, which makes life feel dull, effortful, and unmotivating.” “If you continually seek dopamine from sources that require little to no effort, you will eventually lose your capacity to experience motivation and pleasure from effortful things.” Dopamine spikes always come with a subsequent drop below baseline When dopamine is earned through effort, the baseline recovers stronger When dopamine is acquired without effort, the baseline drops and stays lower To paraphrase Huberman in summary: When you acquire dopamine without effort, you are borrowing dopamine from your future, and the bill always comes due. Cheap dopamine is the devil.