Why is procrastinating so easy?

So I just watched a video from Alex Becker where he discusses how dopamine affects the brain. 

Link here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lPUnWcmR9U

It's in moments like these where I am grateful to live in this day and age where the wealth of knowledge available on the internet is accessible from the palm of my hand. 

The Internet as a medium for communicating ideas has allowed me to grow as a person that is informed about lots of different topics that otherwise would have been unknown to me. 

In this video Alex discusses in simplistic and easy to understand terms how the brain uses dopamine to reward us for actions that lead to a fulfilling outcome. 

He uses compares scenarios of primal humans (cavemen) to modern humans in which a primal human doesn't have much options in the way of achieving a sweet sweet hit of dopamine and has to put in a lot of effort to attain it. 

Often the effort put into it meant that there was some form of productivity and something was achieved and created.

Whereas modern day humans have ample opportunity to live completely happy lives without ever expending too much effort. 

For example; if a primal human wanted to eat he would have to hunt whatever is in the area, but if a modern human wants to eat they just have to visit the nearest supermarket and they have a broad selection of local and foreign foods to choose from. 

Although the part that really shook me me in Becker's video was the fact that this concept applies to video games as well in terms of creating a situation where we as humans can derive pleasure without the need to endure much effort or 'pain' as Becker describes. 

It shook me because this is where I relate most to the concept as I have found myself in the midst of a video game addiction. Although I consider myself to have depression as many do perhaps I have been mistaking it for the effects of addiction. 

Becker also alludes to the fact that this is a problem self created by humanity where the brain seeks the easiest way to gain a dopamine hit and therefore has created the means through technology and society to attain it more easily and efficiently than ever before in human history. 

Perhaps this is why many people are beginning to feel disenfranchised with the world as they continue to receive dopamine hits making them feel good but attaining them through false means like video games and therefore leaving them with no progress to sit back and feel fulfilled. 

This topic might seem simple for some but it is the building blocks for understanding how to create better work flow and avoiding procrastination.