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WritingsJun 2, 2025Source article

Tell me one thing to rule your life.

A nail in a tree becomes a way to think about attachment, dopamine, habitual pathways, and addiction.

Tell me one piece of wisdom

What can i tell you?

Tell me one thing to remember…

if i hammer in a nail to a tree

The nail is attached to the tree

But how?

Science tells us forces are at play

The tree's fibers grip the nail through mechanical interlocking, while the nail's surface creates friction against the wood cells that have been displaced and compressed around it. At the molecular level, the cellulose and lignin in the wood create a matrix that deforms around the metal, forming countless tiny contact points that resist the nail's removal. This simple act reveals how nature and human-made objects can become intimately connected through the fundamental physics of materials pressing against each other.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

If two items are physically connected to each other in this way

“Attached “

What then causes a man to scroll to drink again and again

Are these the same material forces?

But dopamine cannot possibly create a connection, attachment, or addiction in this way…

Or. Just maybe the better answer is that dopamine draws etches new pathways in the brain. Creating a habitual process. Whrr whrr.

Then this describes addiction.

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