I liked this ebook. I didn’t know what to expect but I learned many different things. I would like to have it in paper so I could take notes.
I didn’t know the middle east had a drugs issue. He visited Irak.
The idea of scarcity is a system that kept us alive in our early days as humans in the sabana, when we were hunter-gatheres. Everything was scarce. We had to find food everybody. We need something internal to keep pushing to find food, shelter and reproduction.
The problem, our environment has evolved so fast that our psychology hasn’t caught up. We have plenty of all. The scarcity loop causes problems with every type of addiction: gambling, alcohol (like the author), drugs, food, sex, consumption, information, etc
The book starts in Casinos of Las Vegas and ends in a Benedict Monastery, that nearly summarizes all the issues and how the Rules of Saint Benedict based on pray and work (ora et labora) and full daily routine keeps people happy.
When buying thing: it is gear or stuff?
A person stuck in a scarcity loop only stops for three reasons:
- The opportunity goes away
- The rewards stop trickling in
- The repetition slows down