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MARGARET DOOLEY AWARD

Best of 2013: Slow down, you're just in time
- Megan Graham
- 08 January 2014
1 Comment
At a certain point, emotional and mental overstimulation leads to a sort of emotional numbness, as the brain and central nervous system can only respond to so much. With enough dopamine hits from 'likes' on Facebook, and adrenalin spikes from sensationalised news stories, one's emotions can become blunted. That is, with the notable exception of general irritability borne of expecting one's real life to be as fast-paced as one's online one.
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MARGARET DOOLEY AWARD

Slow down, you're just in time
- Megan Graham
- 11 September 2013
6 Comments
At a certain point, emotional and mental overstimulation leads to a sort of emotional numbness, as the brain and central nervous system can only respond to so much. With enough dopamine hits from 'likes' on Facebook, and adrenalin spikes from sensationalised news stories, one's emotions can become blunted. That is, with the notable exception of general irritability borne of expecting one's real life to be as fast-paced as one's online one.
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AUSTRALIA

Making public transport work
- Paul Mees
- 14 May 2010
6 Comments
A new round of Sydney-Melbourne rivalry has broken out, this one over which has the most dysfunctional train system. It's time Australian cities looked to public transport models that work, such as that of Zurich.
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