A Goodreads user asked this question about Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence:
Reading this book at the moment. Did anyone else find the first few chapters off-putting, where she tried not to laugh when a man mispronounced "penis" (I mean, he obviously speaks two languages so he's doing better than most of us), and felt "disgusted" by the masturbation machine he made? I did not know people in her line of work were so judgemental. Hoping it improves as I was really impressed by Anna on podcasts.
Ryan Ruffaner I was a little put off by it, but psychiatrists are still human, and humans judge. What mattered more to me was that she was able to overcome her judg…moreI was a little put off by it, but psychiatrists are still human, and humans judge. What mattered more to me was that she was able to overcome her judgment to help her patient, which is what you want in a psychiatrist, speaking as someone who's gone to one before.(less)
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