Pleasure
How our smartphones are turning us into dopamine junkies
World-leading addiction expert Professor Anna Lembke says our smartphones are turning us into dopamine addicts. As chief of Stanford University's dual diagnosis addiction clinic, Lembke has treated… Audio
Why We Drive: Matt Crawford on car culture's essential survival
Philosopher, mechanic, and author Matthew Crawford's latest book Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road gets under the bonnet of one of the few remaining domains of exploration, play and… Audio
Why the pursuit of pleasure is making us sad
Corporations are only too happy to increase our appetite for things that feed our dopamine-based pleasure and reward system – from sugar to cellphones. And it's making us miserable. Audio
International authors on the next 100 Years
"I'm wondering if… we will have a more balanced hedonism, a more balanced understanding of pleasure, of the art of living. I would hope that… economists might begin to envisage more sustainable, but… Audio