Music critic and cultural historian, author of eleven books including Music: A Subversive History, who writes The Honest Broker on Substack about music, books, media and culture. His 2024 "State of the Culture" essay put the phrase "dopamine culture" into wide circulation.
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Their wordsThe more addicts rely on these stimuli, the less pleasure they receive. At a certain point, this cycle creates anhedonia—the complete absence of enjoyment in an experience supposedly pursued for pleasure.