Tremendous interview and I look forward to reading the book! I agree with so much of this discussion and also am happy to see such bold new critiques, unique and incisive. The discussion of stimulants seemed a bit more complicated than, for example, someone taking a different sort of medication to cope with a social/environmental/relational mismatch (perhaps SSRIs for persistent sadness). Some people do have difficulties with their stimulant use and then themselves have difficulty controlling their use, sticking to their prior intentions, etc. Whether you call that "addiction" or something else, it's much more common than for example with SSRIs. I say this as a psychiatrist who is deeply skeptical of essentialism and much of the issues you critique here...and as someone who identifies as in addiction recovery (including a history of problems with stimulants).
This wall of propaganda is the personification of luxury belief: "an idea that confers social status on people who hold it but injures others in its practical consequences."
Awesome interview about an awesome book!
Thank you! ☺️
Tremendous interview and I look forward to reading the book! I agree with so much of this discussion and also am happy to see such bold new critiques, unique and incisive. The discussion of stimulants seemed a bit more complicated than, for example, someone taking a different sort of medication to cope with a social/environmental/relational mismatch (perhaps SSRIs for persistent sadness). Some people do have difficulties with their stimulant use and then themselves have difficulty controlling their use, sticking to their prior intentions, etc. Whether you call that "addiction" or something else, it's much more common than for example with SSRIs. I say this as a psychiatrist who is deeply skeptical of essentialism and much of the issues you critique here...and as someone who identifies as in addiction recovery (including a history of problems with stimulants).
This wall of propaganda is the personification of luxury belief: "an idea that confers social status on people who hold it but injures others in its practical consequences."