Quoting Ludwig Wittgenstein, "The limits of my language mean the limits of my world." This principle, I believe, applies to every facet of our rapidly evolving lives. For instance, consider the understanding of the world in an Indian village 400 years ago, compared to the world as we know it today. The epistemological shift is truly substantial. One element of this shift is our increasing comprehension of how our brains function.
We all possess a dopamine reward system, which releases dopamine to fulfill our basic bodily needs, encompassing necessities like food and sex. Interestingly, there are variations in this dopamine function, and these variations depend on our personality traits and the environment in which we were raised and continue to live, factors that shape our behaviors and responses. In essence, there is an opportunity for individuals to adjust their dopamine reward system.
Given that our understanding of the world has extended beyond the cultural norms and conventions of our times, we are now in a position to adjust our dopamine functions, and in doing so, we can attempt to fit it to our expanded understanding of the world and our place in it.