Slaying the Hydra: Bentham, Dopam...
Slaying the Hydra: Bentham, Dopamine, and the Fight for Satori
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The Gen-X-istentialists di Bunny & Scot
S4 · E131
8 dic 2025
39:02
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Are you actually happy — or just not miserable? Ah, the eternal Gen X riddle.

In this episode, Scot and Bunny crack open the surprisingly slippery idea of happiness: what it is, what it isn’t, and why the internet keeps cosplaying it with big toothy grins and caffeinated jazz-hands. We dive into dopamine vs serotonin, the Hedonic treadmill, Bentham’s pleasure math (yes, really), contentment vs chaos, and why some of us chase battles while others chase flow.

There’s talk of tattoos, footlights, breakups, freedom, childhood expectations, and those moments you only recognize after the fact — when the dust settles and you suddenly realize, “Huh… that was happiness.”

It’s philosophical, personal, a little scruffy, very Gen X, and full of the kind of hard-won honesty you only get after 40+. If you’ve ever won ... 

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