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The feeling of being alive, chased so hard it starts to feel like being dead inside.
means The act of arousing interest, energy, or response in mind or body — a poke to wake something up.
from From Latin stimulare, 'to goad or prick into action,' rooted in stimulus, the sharp-pointed stick used to jab oxen or slaves into moving faster. The word has never fully shed that violence — underneath every 'stimulating conversation' is a ghost of the cattle prod.
- attention economy
- your dopamine is literally the product sold
- understimulation
- boredom is withdrawal, not laziness
- overstimulation
- numbs you precisely by working too well
- baseline shift
- yesterday's thrill is today's background noise