BenBella Books, Inc., Dallas, Texas, 2019. Good secondhand condition.

Dopamine is the chemical of desire that always asks for more ? more stuff, more stimulation, and more surprises. In pursuit of these things, it is undeterred by emotion, fear, or morality. Dopamine is the source of our every urge, that little bit of biology that makes an ambitious business professional sacrifice everything in pursuit of success, or that drives a satisfied spouse to risk it all for the thrill of someone new. Simply put, it is why we seek and succeed; it is why we discover and prosper. Yet, at the same time, it?s why we gamble and squander.

From dopamine?s point of view, it?s not the having that matters. It?s getting something ? anything ? that?s new. From this understanding ? the difference between possessing something versus anticipating it ? we can understand in a revolutionary new way why we behave as we do in love, business, addiction, politics, religion ? and we can even predict those behaviours in ourselves and others.