How satisfying an experience is depends on the height of the peak relative to the baseline. Increasing dopamine will make you motivated but it will be short lived.
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After a peak, the level of dopamine drops below baseline. The extent to which it drops is proportional to how high the peak was.
This explains why doing the same behaviours will not produce the same level of joy.
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