“I’ve been thinking,” he said. “What if everyone is an addict and everything is a drug?” “Weston, do you ever turn your brain off?” I said. “Some things that we all accept are actually addictions. The Internet, we’re addicted to it. Our phones, are you kidding? The dopamine hit of checking your phone. We can’t function without them. Notice how these five days on this boat…no phones, no access to the outside world. There was a withdrawal period. It was weird, right? Everything is a drug. Coffee. Caffeine. Sugar. Sugar is in everything. It’s all drugs. What does addiction mean? Can we choose or
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