Entertaiment – The Art of Stimulating the Brain to Realease Serratonin, Dopamine and Other Chemicals

Entertainment is the art of stimulating the brain to realease seratonin, dopamine and other chemicals that give a good feeling. Often entertainment hits on points the brain was shaped to deeply react to, like social backstabbing or murders – things that were very important in the evolutionary sense in order to live and understand the world. One of the best examples of this is the story of Scheherazade from the professional Persian storytelling tradition, which inspired composers like Rimsky-Korsakov, Ravel and Szymanowski, director Pasolini, and many innovative films and video games.

To entertain is to hold and float an idea in between and inside other ideas. It is this interaction that creates true engagement and an experience.