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# Buddhism, Serotonin And Kurate
## How we might have a shot at disrupting social media addiction / data slavery by empowering humans with ZK tools

### Buddhism
All suffering comes from ego
Ego as in believing "I am my ego" 
It's energy draining to take care of the existential fear the ego has (it goddamn well knows as long as the user believes it's a real thing it exists and is important)

### Dopamine and Ego Addiction
Addiction cycle:
Ego needs validation > dopamine trigger > **anticipation** > reward (more dopamine, stimulated to play again) or punishment (no dopamine, stimulated to play again) > repeat

### Social Media
The virtual/digital representation of the ego 
Data slavery and addiction
Confusion on what is one's identity, ego, self and what's real or not
Takes a lot of effort securing/validating this ego which triggers the addiction cycle

### Serotonin
When letting go of the ego (a festival, devcon, semaphore):
dopamine trigger > uncertainty > reward (serotonin) or ...no punishment > satisfaction 
i gave something without taking
giving = the expression of your-self
taking = satisfying the ego with dopamine

### Kurate
We are ego
Be/feel part of something bigger
Be rewarded for being a good part of something bigger than yourself
There's no ego so no punishment so no addiction
Dopamine is still in use for the trigger (because we want people to act)
Serotonin delivery is the projected outcome