THE MOLECULE OF MOREmade, such as sacrificing the well-being of one person for the benefit
of others.
The control circuit can be crafty. Sometimes it charges straight
ahead and dominates a situation through the power of confidence.
Other times it leads to submissive behaviors that induce others to coop-
erate with us, multiplying our ability to get things done and reach our
goals.
Dopamine yields not just desire but also domination. It gives us
the ability to bend the environment and even other people to our will.
But dopamine can do more than give us dominion over the world: it
can create entirely new worlds, worlds that may be so astonishing, they
could have been created only by a genius—or a madman.