Can you finally escape the Dopamine Treadmill? Neuroscientist @rubenlaukkonen

Neuroscientist Dr. Ruben Laukkonen and I talk about the deep end of meditation, what advanced meditative states in the lab reveal about how the mind works and Ruben's personal experience with what some may call an 'awakening.' Check out Ruben's writing on his Substack at: https://rubenlaukkonen.substack.com/ Ruben's Twitter: https://twitter.com/RubenLaukkonen Ruben's webpage: https://rubenlaukkonen.com/ ---More from Joseph--- ▲SUBSTACK: https://josepheverettwil.substack.com/ - Grab a free subscription to get access to my free weekly newsletter. ▲DISCORD: Join the $5 tier on my Patreon to join the WIL discord! - https://www.patreon.com/WILearned ▲Twitter: https://twitter.com/JEverettLearned ▲IG: https://www.instagram.com/josepheverett.wil/ NAVIGATION: 00:00:00 - Ruben’s research 00:09:20 - What is the point of hardcore meditation? 00:19:47 - Does neuroscience think enlightenment exists? 00:24:28 - Rebooting the brain for profound insight 00:34:37 - There is no self. 00:40:41 - When the mind realizes it’s totally wrong about reality 00:56:06 - Ruben’s ‘awakening’ from the dopamine treadmill of reality 01:11:40 - The hedonic treadmill, The cruel reality 01:16:18 - Joseph’s experience in the deep end of meditation 01:28:40 - Ruben’s research on a highly advanced meditator 01:47:50 - How the brain works: Prediction. 01:58:40 - Ruben’s work going forward & why Truth is subjective 02:13:10 - How high level meditation is similar to K—amine For business inquiries: Joseph.Everett.Wil@gmail.com