How to Never Get Overstimulated Again

https://substack.com/home/post/p-177511410

by gmays • 8 months ago

17 1 8 months ago

geoah• 8 months ago

I’m not really sure how much of a problem this truly is and I would have appreciated if the author made a little bit more effort and backed at least some of their claims with some citations as I’d genuinely interested in leaning more. The way this is presented feels very hand wavy and over sensationalized.

Your fight or flight is stuck on ON mode. Total sympathetic nervous system dominance.
You can’t just snap out of it, you blew your dopaminergic load and are literally burning neurons.
No parallel processing, your brain cant’t handle it.
Productivity plummets, meaning evaporates, creativity disappears…
Direct correlation between IQ and noise tolerance.
Our GABA system can’t keep up with modern demands for inhibition.

The overall style is also very much to my personal liking.

Unabomber picture with an edited quote was my first issue.

Now you’re marinating in auditory AIDS 24/7.
Cognitive goonery.

How to Never Get Overstimulated Again

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