Dopamine

Doom Card: You Forgot Something

Your memory is shit.

You forget most stuff immediately. What’s left is hopelessly jumbled. It makes you kinda dim. Ever wonder why people make so many bad decisions? Yeah.

Surgeons and pilots use a checklist to perform their daily routines. Do you get that? Intelligent, competent, professionals need a checklist to perform their most basic tasks. Because if they forget something people die. So it’s high stakes, but still, you’d think a pilot would know how to fly a fucking plane.

What crashes your life when you forget? What’s on your checklist? May I suggest:

You want people to like you

You don’t have to be awesome

Just be nice to people

You’re already good enough

You want to feel good

Exercise

Play with friends

Cultivate gratitude

Limit outrage porn (some is okay)

You want something awesome to happen

Immortality requires massive tax spending

A 20 hour work week requires government regulations

Virtual reality won’t be as fun as friends, hobbies, drugs, and dirty sex.

You don’t know what’s going on

Your memory is shit

Reality doesn’t make sense

You don’t know what other people are thinking

Start with that. Change it to suit your needs. Cheers!