Hell Mode: Reconstructing the Brain Reward System

The endogenous opioid system requires long-term persistence; it only releases after surpassing the pain threshold, bringing a lasting sense of satisfaction.

The dopamine system, watching short videos is thrilling, eating a piece of fried chicken is exciting, giving a like is stimulating.

These are two completely different reward systems.

The law of minimal resistance, most humans are ultimately controlled by the dopamine system.

Overestimating what can be done in one day, underestimating the qualitative change that can be achieved in a year.

What is dopamine?

A survival algorithm evolved over millions of years, when primitive humans found fruit, dopamine surged. When a female monkey is present, dopamine surges…

But modern algorithms hijack this system.

Every 15 seconds, an electronic fruit appears—electronic female monkeys, beauties, jokes, conflicts, plot twists…

The dopamine circuit has been trained to become increasingly greedy, causing the threshold to soar.

Eventually, the brain completely loses patience for long-term feedback.

Because muscle growth is measured in months, many people fail at fitness.

Because content creation is measured in months, many content creators fail.

The dopamine threshold is raised too high, making any behavior that requires delayed gratification feel like withdrawal, with withdrawal symptoms.

Mediocrity is not a matter of ability; the brain is poisoned.

Living with a primitive brain in a world of readily available electronic dopamine.

What’s the solution?

Reconstruct the brain.

The power of love makes people cowardly, makes people unable to grow, makes people unable to face reality, makes people avoid, makes people unable to be strong, makes people lonely, makes people lonely, makes people troubled.

The power of hatred makes people strong, makes people grow, makes people adapt to loneliness, makes people adapt to solitude, makes people ruthless, makes people unbullied, makes people rise up, makes people powerful.

Love cannot last forever; people cannot love someone forever, but they can hate someone forever. A hundred generations of hatred can still be avenged.

Loyalty is unreliable; as long as there is no cost, people will betray loyalty at any time, but people will never betray fear.

The first step in reconstructing the brain: build hell.

Being scolded by your boss at work, rejected by your crush, bowing and scraping to get things done, looked down upon—are you willing?

Ten or twenty years from now, you’ll be poor, weak, repeating day after day, barely surviving—are you willing?

If you want to mock your boss, play with your crush, or overthrow this world, how else can you vent your hatred?

Only hatred and fear can motivate people upward. Being driven daily by fear and hatred, with revenge in mind, grinding forward with clenched teeth.

Building hell can bring lasting motivation. How to do it correctly?

Level 1: Information noise reduction.

Block out those who drain you.

Stay away from things that drain you.

What modern people lack most is not information, but boredom.

Only those who can endure boredom can find high-level happiness in deep work.

Level 2: Leveraged assets

Choose fields with leverage effects and nonlinear growth.

Among all directions, writing is the most fault-tolerant method.

Your content will be seen by hundreds of millions.

Your content will continuously attract a large number of potential clients.

Writing + programmers equals top influencers among programmers; products are worry-free in terms of users.

Writing + crafts equals top artisans; products are worry-free in sales.

Writing is a top learning skill, the best practice of the Feynman learning method.

Writing is the lowest cost, highest ceiling cross-tier method.

Just 4 hours of effective work per day is enough.

Level 3: Hardware maintenance

Material determines consciousness; without good health, willpower quickly weakens.

Exercise is not for appearance; it’s to reserve willpower.

Cooking for yourself is not a hobby; it’s controlling input quality.

Sleep is not rest; it’s brain system reorganization.

Getting up early, working, exercising, eating, sleeping—this routine may sound monotonous.

All great compound interest is hidden in boring repetition.

Reconstructing the entire reward mechanism of the operating system can change your fate in just one year.

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