Neurotransmitters are psychological snake oil. A confidence game pop-psychologists play with their audience. There is frankly no convincing story of human behaviour made more comprehensible by talking about dopamine.

The 'naming' problem, where by naming something we feel we have explained it, the 'language' problem, where the words we use stop others from understanding, and the 'question' problem, where we fail to find the right questions, are common and funny.

The 'Great Man' theory of history has the history of ideas moved forward by individuals. But by thinking of these as 'Great Ideas', or better 'spirits' of ideas, we're encouraged to examine their motivations, which is surprisingly effective.

Neurons link into ‘pathways’ that map perceptions to actions. But, neural pathways don’t just link one thing to one other thing—each pathway is involved at many things at once. So to change one, you have to also contend with all the rest.

Social media use probably isn't the problem. Social media use is probably just the most obvious manifestation of lots of problems. And in fact, social media could probably be a solution. It's up to you.