Studies have shown that young people who play first person shooter games exhibit superior cognitive abilities compared to their peers who don't play these games. However, developing a video game with engaging, immersive and enjoyable features that also have cognitive enhancement effects or maintenance effects requires an openness and communication between video game professionals and artists, engineers, designers and scientists.
Caffeine has the potential to double the dopamine signaling in areas of the brain such as the VTA nucleus accumbens, leading to increased dopamine neuron firing rates.
In this podcast, various books were recommended, including The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss by Dennis McKenna, Of Wolves and Men by Barry Lopez, and some books on digital therapies and virtual reality.
There could be a potential for a second life-like utopia in a virtual reality world, which has already been shown with the success of things like the Kardashian app generating hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue.
The podcast episode talks about how "The Game" can be interpreted in many ways, including as a feminist story, as well as the host's experience of getting her driver's license before heading off to college.
The key to long-term sustainability is finding activities that are fun and feel like play, but look like work to others. This mentality applies not only to careers but also to personal habits such as healthy eating choices.