“The pursuit of personal happiness has become a modern maxim, crowding out other definitions of the “good life.” Even acts of kindness toward others are framed as a strategy for personal happiness. Altruism, no longer merely a good in itself, has become a vehicle for our own “well-being".” PainHappinessBalanceNeuroscienceHuman BrainAddiction And RecoveryDopaminePleasure And Pain Book:Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence Source: Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence