Grief, Gambling & the Dopamine Economy

Why do some guys get bitter while others reinvent themselves?

Bill and Dan go down that road—from mourning the life you thought you’d have and lying to yourself about missed opportunities, to why nostalgia gets louder when the present isn’t working.

Then things get very Billified.

Sports betting has put a casino in everybody’s pocket, football fans suddenly need money riding on the fourth quarter just to feel something, and the conversation opens into the bigger problem: the dopamine economy. Gambling. Phones. Porn. Food delivery. Social media. FOMO. Everything faster, easier and available immediately.

Are we becoming so comfortable that we’ve forgotten how to be uncomfortable—and is that making us less capable of handling rejection, failure and real life?

Plus: legalized prostitution, OnlyFans, dating in the age of “don’t be creepy,” Steve Martin reinventing himself, Tom Brady doing the work nobody sees, terrible Tuesdays, Buffalo Bills football and somehow… the grass at the new Highmark Stadium becomes a metaphor for modern humanity.

Yeah. We got there.

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