Boom: Bubbles and the End of Stagnation
by
Byrne Hobart
and
Tobias Huber
Published 29 Oct 2024
The neurotransmitter dopamine, which is associated with anticipating rewards, is now literally available at our fingertips. A smartphone, with its push notifications and alert counts, is basically a dopamine drip feed that crowds out other kinds of anticipation and accomplishment. 26 Jordan Castro, “Testocalypse,” Pirate Wires, September 24, 2023, https://www.piratewires.com/p/testosterone-emergency. 27 Shanna H. Swan, who pioneered this field of research, coauthored a study in 2017 that reports that Western sperm count fell by 59 percent between 1973 and 2011. Projecting the trend forward, Swan notes that the sperm count would reach zero by 2045.
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