Conversations with Pie: The Loneliness Epidemic and the Education of the Heart

Kenneth Leong
9 min readMay 6, 2023

Ken Leong: While I am living a monk-like life, I believe in the Pleasure Principle. What kind of experience gives us a Dopamine rush? It varies widely among people. For me, I get a kick out of playing a contrarian, debunking some of society’s “conventional wisdom.” A lot of times, conventional wisdom is just a set prejudice, established due to the lack of…

--

--

Kenneth Leong

Author, Zen teacher, scientific mystic, professor, photographer, philosopher, social commentator, socially engaged human