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stcg 88 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: The brain was not designed for this much bad news

Beter wording: your brain is made for detecting dangers and attention grabbers are taking advantage of that

NotGMan 85 days ago [–]

This is probably it. It's addictive due to hardwiring in the brain, just like sugar.

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