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Diary of a CEO · 2026-01-05

Dopamine Expert: How TikTok Is Physically Rewiring Your Brain (Permanent Damage?)

Dopamine Expert: How TikTok Is Physically Rewiring Your Brain (Permanent Damage?)

The guest's own work

BookBy the guestISBN verified

Dopamine Nation

Anna Lembke

“everything you write about in Dopamine Nation is related to and critical to understand if I am going to shake some of these bad habits”— Steven Bartlett
BookBy the guestISBN verified

Dopamine Nation Workbook

Anna Lembke

“on page 64 of your workbook of Defy Nation, there's this really interesting image here, which I'll throw up on the screen”— Steven Bartlett

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

BookReferenced

Amusing Ourselves to Death

Neil Postman

“this is what Neil Postman warned about in his book Amusing Ourselves to Death, a theme that was picked up by David Foster Wallace”— Anna Lembke
BookReferencedISBN verified

Infinite Jest

David Foster Wallace

“a theme that was picked up by David Foster Wallace in Infinite Jest”— Anna Lembke
BookReferencedISBN verified

Abundance

Peter Diamandis

“I thought your first book, when he was talking to a guy called Peter Diamandis, was pretty accurate. It was called Abundance”— Steven Bartlett
ProductReferenced

Replika

Luka, Inc. (inferred)

“there's actually AI companion apps like Replika which have millions of users, and the whole premise of those apps is that they will be your companion”— Steven Bartlett
MediaReferenced

Dr. Pimple Popper

Sandra Lee (inferred)

“I got into this jag of watching Dr. Pimple Popper, which I know is really weird... it's people popping other people's pimples”— Anna Lembke