overstimulated
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The overstimulation generation
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Today’s generations live in a time of constant, seemingly never-ending stimulation. The positives and negatives of such stimulation are something heavily debated. So, what does “over-stimulation” refer to? In discussing overstimulation, I am referring to the idea that, in today’s world, our brain is constantly presented with unending stimuli and is thus given very little…
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GameStop, WallStreetBets, and the Big Wigs: The internet makes its mark on the economy
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Peaking at a value of $470 USD, GameStop stock has risen dramatically over the past few weeks in response to the internet movement organized by the subreddit, WallStreetBets. Home to the world’s two largest stock exchanges, the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ, Wall Street has been rattled to its core by a Reddit army…
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