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HOMO DOPAMINUSAnatomy of Instant Pleasure and the Extinction of Merit The human brain has ceased to be an organ of contemplation to become a marketplace. Every thought, emotion, and second of attention has been colonized, quantified, and sold to the highest bidder. Homo Dopaminus is the X-ray of a species that numbs itself with instant rewards while losing the ability to wait, strive, and feel deeply. It portrays a civilization addicted to pleasure and allergic to patience-an age where effort is obsolete and distraction has become the dominant religion. This book offers no comfort-it offers lucidity. Blending neuroscience, social psychology, philosophy of merit, and critical pedagogy, it unveils how dopamine-the molecule of the ""now""-has become the invisible engine behind our desires and addictions. Attention is the new currency. The algorithm is the new god. Immediacy is the new opium. Through six thematic sections, the author dissects the neurobiological and cultural architecture of our dopaminergic age, showing how technology, consumerism, and emotional shortcuts reshape identity, education, and success. From the neuromarket of attention to the fatigue of the soul, it reveals how overstimulation and hyperproductivity erode willpower and dissolve merit as a moral compass. Beyond the diagnosis, it proposes a pedagogy of reintegration: a return to cognitive autonomy, slowness, and the value of effort as the foundation of coherence. Written in a tone that is surgical and poetic, reflective and brutal, the book invites readers to look at reality with the precision of a microscope and the intimacy of a mirror. Homo Dopaminus is neither a self-help guide nor an academic treatise but a narrative autopsy of the present-a philosophical dissection of a society that confuses stimulation with meaning and comfort with purpose. Aimed at psychologists, educators, philosophers, technologists, and all who sense the emotional and moral collapse of our time, it explores how reward circuits, hyperconnectivity, and algorithmic feedback loops rewire human motivation and weaken patience. It asks: What remains of the human being when pleasure replaces purpose? Merging scientific rigor with humanistic depth, the book calls for a renaissance of slowness, attention, and merit-a return to the dignity of effort and the beauty of sustained thought. Homo Dopaminus is an indispensable reflection for those who suspect that the modern mind is not sick with sadness but with an excess of stimulus. A mirror and a compass to navigate digital chaos and recover the lost virtue of presence. In an era where patience is a sin and distraction an industry, understanding how our desires are manufactured is no longer curiosity-it is survival.

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