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What is... "Dopaminergic Burnout"?

Is it a byproduct of our obsession with discernment and self-diagnosis, or a legitimate diagnosis of the modern age’s pervasive 'general malaise'?

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Monica McGrath
Jan 06, 2026
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A few weeks ago, I was talking with an old colleague of mine and dear friend Ana Ramirez Lee, and as we were catching up we were both commiserating about our short attention spans, our jobs, and of course the internet. I brought up this Grimes interview I had watched a few days prior, because the comments that rolled in in real time were all about how dumb she sounded…

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