Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Up Versus Down......................................................................................... 5
Chapter 1: Love............................................................................................................... 10
Chapter 2: Drugs............................................................................................................. 45
Chapter 3: Domination.................................................................................................... 89
Chapter 4: Creativity and Madness............................................................................... 152
Chapter 5: Politics......................................................................................................... 197
Chapter 6: Progress....................................................................................................... 246
Chapter 7: Harmony...................................................................................................... 283
Index
Daniel Z. Lieberman, MD, is a clinical professor of Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences at George Washington University and SVP of
mental health at Hims & Hers Health. Dr. Lieberman is a
Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, a
recipient of the Caron Foundation Research Award, and he has
published over 50 scientific reports on behavioral science. He has
provided insight on psychiatric issues for the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, the US Department of Commerce, and the
Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy, and has discussed mental health
in interviews on CNN, C-SPAN, and PBS. Dr. Lieberman studied the
Great Books at St. John's College. He received his medical degree
and completed his psychiatric training at New York University.
Trained as a physicist, Michael E. Long is an award-winning
speechwriter, screenwriter, and playwright. As a playwright, more
than 20 of his shows have been produced, most on New York stages.
As a screenwriter, his honors include finalist for the grand prize
in screenwriting at the Slamdance Film Festival. As a speechwriter,
Mr. Long has written for members of Congress, U.S. cabinet
secretaries, governors, diplomats, business executives, and
presidential candidates. A popular speaker and educator, Mr. Long
has addressed audiences around the world, including in a keynote at
Oxford University. He teaches writing at Georgetown University,
where he is a former director of writing.Mr. Long pursued
undergraduate studies at Murray State University and graduate
studies at Vanderbilt University.
"Daniel Lieberman and Michael Long have pulled off an
amazing feat. They have made a biography of a neurotransmitter a
riveting read. Once you understand the power and peril of
dopamine, you'll better understand the human condition
itself."
—Daniel H. Pink, author
of Drive and When
"Meet a molecule whose fingerprint rests upon every aspect of human
nature—from desire and drugs to politics and progress. Lieberman
and Long tell the epic saga of dopamine as a page-turner that you
simply can't put down."
—David Eagleman, PhD, neuroscientist at Stanford and New York Times
bestselling author
"I've worked as an artist for forty years, and the question ‘Why am
I like this?' has been a puzzle, a mystery, a plea, and an
occasional cry to the heavens. Lieberman and Long have created a
road map for all those wrestling between insatiable longing and the
here and now."
—Thomas F. Wilson, actor and comedian
"Why do we crave what we don't have rather than feel good about
what we do—and why do fools fall in love? Haunting questions of
human biology are answered by The Molecule of More, a must-read
about the human condition."
—Gregg Easterbrook, author of It's Better Than It Looks
"As a guy who creates musical stuff for a living and reads science
books for kicks, I was doubly hooked by The Molecule of More.
Lieberman and Long lay out the astoundingly wide-ranging effects of
dopamine with nimble metaphors and fat-free sentences. And the
research linking creativity and madness, with dopamine as the
hidden culprit—let's just say it hit home. Reading each chapter, I
felt myself fitting a key smoothly into a locked door, opening onto
a fresh-yet-familiar room."
—Robbie Fulks, Grammy-nominated recording artist
"Jim Watson, who deciphered the genetic code, famously said, ‘There
are only molecules; the rest is sociology,' adding fuel to C. P.
Snow's complaint that Science and the humanities are two
fundamentally different "cultures" which will never meet. The
authors argue provocatively, yet convincingly, that the molecule
that allows us to bridge the chasm between them is dopamine. Though
written for ordinary people, the narrative is sprinkled throughout
with dazzling new insights that will appeal equally to
specialists."
—V.S. Ramachandran, PhD, professor at the University of California,
San Diego, and at Salk Institute and author of TheEmerging Mind
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