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☆ Shein's U.S. charm offensive and IPO could hinge on NRF membership. So far, it's been rejected
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Gabrielle Fonrouge | In Gabrielle-Fonrouge | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Open to allIt's unclear why the NRF rejected Shein's membership application, but according to one of the people familiar, someone with sway is strongly against the company's admittance. The NRF's board has a leadership team and an executive committee. An NRF membership application form that can be found online states: "Companies principally engaged in retailing are eligible for membership in the Federation." Two of the board members said they weren't aware of any instances where the NRF denied a retailer membership. "I don't think they are in the business of turning anyone down," one of the board members told CNBC.

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☆ A former corporate lawyer died after falling from a luxury liner, reports say. One expert says cruise safety is outdated.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementWhile the chances of falling overboard on a cruise ship are extremely low , a cruise ship expert told Business Insider that the industry's safety protocols needed updating. Sophie Elizabeth Blythe-Tinker told the court her father "wasn't himself" and had become "increasingly abnormal" during his time on board, per the Telegraph. Cruise ship safetyRoss Klein, an international authority on the cruise ship industry, told BI he believes cruise ship safety rules are outdated. He said no substantial changes have been made to cruise ship safety since the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2010. AdvertisementKlein is "not very hopeful" about actionable change regarding cruise safety in the near future "because nobody's pushing for changes."

Persons: —, Nigel Blythe, Blythe, William Hill, Tinker, Sophie Elizabeth Blythe, wasn't, I'm, Karen Shuman, Mr Blythe, Ross Klein, Klein, Levion Parker, Francel Parker, ideation Organizations: Service, London's, of Justice, The Telegraph, Seven Seas, Business, Seven Seas Cruises, Cruise Vessel Security, Royal Caribbean, New York Post, Sun Locations: England, Australia, Blythe, Marseille, Barcelona, Florida, Port

☆ I'm a Gen Zer who lived without a smartphone for 9 months. Here's what I learned from having a clunky flip phone.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-06 | by ( Charissa Cheong | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementHaving a flip phone removed the impulse to do things on my phone without thinkingThe flip phone I got was clunky and slow. I had to get a smartphone again for workI stopped using the flip phone after nine months. AdvertisementI also felt that having a flip phone hindered me from meeting people and being easy to communicate with. If I were getting to a point where I felt I was using my phone too much, I'd know I could go back to using a flip phone. AdvertisementBefore having a flip phone, I would spend five hours or more a day on my smartphone, but now I think it's more like one or two.

Persons: —, Ella Jones, Jones, she'd, StudentCrowd, I've, I'd, you'll, I'm Organizations: Service, Samsung Galaxy Young, YouTube, Business, Google, Nokia, Facebook Locations: Belfast, Northern Ireland

☆ What is caffeine intoxication and how can you prevent it?
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Jocelyn Solis-Moreira | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

And some people opt to get their caffeine through energy drinks or caffeine pills. In rarer scenarios, an overconsumption of caffeine can lead to a state called caffeine intoxication or caffeine overdose. Caffeine intoxication occurs when a person has dangerously high levels of caffeine in the system. While rare, there is always a potential for caffeine intoxication if a person is drinking irresponsibly. Caffeine intoxication is more than the headache you get from drinking too much expresso.

Persons: Erin Palinski, Wade, Oleg Breslavtsev, Nima Majlesi, Majlesi, “, you’ve, you’re, Jocelyn Solis, Moreira Organizations: CNN, National Coffee Association, US Food and Drug Administration, EKP Nutrition Communications, Staten Island University Hospital, Palinski Locations: New Jersey, New York

☆ How sleep can affect diabetes risk, according to new study
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Sleep is an important lifestyle factor in reducing risk for type 2 diabetes, a new study has found. In terms of risk for type 2 diabetes, there wasn’t a significant difference between those with normal sleep and those who slept six hours. And even for those who ate the healthiest, their diet didn’t offset the effects of insufficient sleep on diabetes risk. The findings are also based on participants’ recollections of their food and sleep habits, according to the study. Confirming a causal relationship “would require randomized trials intervening on sleeping habits to increase sleep time and see if this reduces risk of diabetes in those at risk, e.g.

Persons: CNN —, Dr, Diana Nôga, ” Nôga, ”, Leana Wen, Wen wasn’t, ” Wen, Naveed Sattar, ” Sattar, Wen Organizations: CNN, JAMA, biosciences, Uppsala University, Lighthouse Films, George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, University of Glasgow Locations: Sweden, United Kingdom, Scotland, “

☆ A new Netflix show featuring a woman who turns into a chicken nugget shows just how much we love the bird
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Meghan Morris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewThe year of the chicken nugget (2017) and the chicken sandwich wars (2019) might have paved the way for fried chicken's latest role: star of a Netflix show. Next month, the streaming giant is releasing a bizarrely fun-looking comedy based on a Korean web cartoon called, fittingly, "Chicken Nugget." 🐣 Premiering March 15 pic.twitter.com/syGYVrzZS7 — Netflix (@netflix) February 15, 2024The premise of "Chicken Nugget" is silly, of course — but the show underscores the bird's soaring global popularity. And in the early 1960s, a renowned Cornell University professor engineered one of the Ivy League's greatest contributions to humanity: the frozen chicken nugget. It's unclear if the young woman in the forthcoming Netflix series turns into a particular flavor of chicken nugget.

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☆ A personal trainer lost 13 pounds in a month while eating Domino's pizza daily to prove you can lose weight and enjoy treats
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Rachel Hosie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewA personal trainer and college student lost over 13 pounds in a month while eating a Domino’s pizza every day, to prove that it’s possible to enjoy treats and lose fat as long as you’re in a calorie deficit . “Foods shouldn't be feared just because they've undergone some sort of processing,” Jayden Lee, 18, Lee told Business Insider. Typically, weight loss of one to two pounds a month on average is deemed safe. AdvertisementHowever, Lee doesn't recommend people try to follow his daily pizza diet to lose weight, and neither does Ludlam-Raine. “Occasional indulgence in foods like pizza is part of a balanced diet and can help prevent feelings of deprivation,” Ludlam-Raine said.

Persons: —, they've, Jayden Lee, Lee, dietitian Nichola Ludlam, Raine, Jayden Lee Lee, “, ”, ” Lee, Jordan, Lee isn’t, won’t, Lee doesn't, ” Ludlam, Domino's Organizations: Service, Business, USDA Locations: Portsmouth, UK

☆ David LaChapelle’s controversial hurricane high fashion, two decades on
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Two decades ago, the photographer David LaChapelle staged apocalyptic scenes for the pages of “Vogue Italia” — images that proved so controversial that they nearly became his final editorial shoot. The Vogue Italia editorial was photographed before Hurricane Katrina, but published shortly after the natural disaster. “Some people thought that they (the photographs) were exploitive of Katrina,” LaChapelle said; among the glamorized ruins and designer shoes showcased, one image in particular featured models handing off sandbags. Now, though, “The House at the End of the World,” has become an important touchstone in LaChapelle’s portfolio. The end of the world will not be glamorous, but the urgency of his work has come to pass.

Persons: David LaChapelle, Heather Marks, she’s, Viktor, Rolf duvet, LaChapelle, —, ” LaChapelle, Hurricane, “, ”, Jesus, he’s, Travis Scott, “ It’s Organizations: CNN, Vogue, Universal Studios Locations: Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Florida’s, Louisiana, Gulf, Maui, New York

☆ Icon of the Seas: Why Americans Are Obsessed With Big Cruise Ships
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Henry Wismayer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

Love them or loathe them, giant cruise ships are among the most remarkable success stories of the mass tourism age. Rechristened the Mardi Gras, the first Carnival cruise ship sailed out of Miami that March. Cruise ships like the Icon of the Seas will spend the majority of their trip at sea. Eight years later, cruise ships such as the Diamond Princess became early incubators for COVID-19. Cruise Market Watch forecasts there will be 360 cruise ships in service at the end of this year, comprising less than 1% of the global commercial fleet.

Persons: Ted Arison, Arison, Pieter De Boer, Costa, Diamond, Aaron Saunders, We've, Sue Bryant, Z, sass, Emma Le Teace, YouTuber, David Foster Wallace, Harper's, Sarah Knorr, Bryan Comer, Karla Hart, Hart, Saunders, it's, Henry Wismayer Organizations: Port, Passengers, Mardi Gras, Mardi, Gras, Cruise, Royal Caribbean, Costa Concordia, Cruise Lines International Association, Broadway, CivicScience, Royal, Virgin, Business, Transport & Environment, Getty, International Council, Global Cruise, Global Cruise Activist Network, Cruise Market, Royal Caribbean International, New York Times, National Geographic, Financial Times Locations: Port of Miami, Caribbean, Miami, The Port, Tuscany, Italy, Royal Caribbean, TikTok, Panama, Bahamas, Brussels, Netherlands, Douarnenez, Venice, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Amsterdam, Juneau , Alaska, Skagway , Alaska, CocoCay, London

☆ A woman who's spent more than $30,000 on Stanley cups says she knows her hobby is silly. She loves it anyway.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Amanda Krause | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Ashley Kosko, 37, is a huge fan of Stanley cups. Some of the Stanley cups owned by Ashley Kosko. A Stanley cup bedazzled by Ashley Kosko. Two Stanley cups bedazzled by Ashley Kosko. "In my everyday life, people will stop me and say, 'Oh, I love your Stanley cup,'" she said.

Persons: Ashley Kosko, Stanley, Kosko, —, Ashley Kosko Love, bedazzling Stanley, Ashley Kosko Kosko, bedazzle Stanley, I've, she's Organizations: Service, YouTube, Stanley, Stanley Facebook Locations: rhinestones, Tennessee, Thailand

☆ Having your shelves filled with Stanley tumblers is not the point of the cup
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

America's hottest reusable water container has a sustainability problem. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. On TikTok, influencers are showing off their shelves full of Stanley Tumblers, each in different colors. For one, as CBC News pointed out, Stanley does not offer any product recycling options. PMI Worldwide, the parent company of Stanley, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider sent outside regular business hours.

Persons: Stanley tumblers —, Stanley Quencher H2.0, Stanley, Stanley Tumblers, Katie Notopoulos, Jessica Heiges, WSP, Heiges, Myra Hird, " Hird, Kathryn Coduto Organizations: Service, Business, CNBC, Wired, CBC, Queen's University, Boston University, PMI, Business Insider

☆ Step aside 'quiet luxury,' budgeting is cool now
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Charissa Cheong | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

It's called "loud budgeting." He wasn't explicit about his definition of "loud budgeting," but suggested it involved being vocal with your friends about choosing to live frugally. Battle said on TikTok that loud budgeting was the opposite of "quiet luxury," which blew up in 2023 after also being popular during the Great Recession. AdvertisementBattle said in one of his TikToks that he thought "loud budgeting" was "more chic" and impressive than "quiet luxury," later adding that while quiet luxury is about "idolizing celebrities," who are often associated with the trend, "loud budgeting is about the everyday person." Now, it seems "loud budgeting" may go a step further, redefining success and coolness to mean saving your money, rather than spending it.

Persons: —, It's, Lukas Battle, I've, one's frugality, Libby Brooks, Yuval Shuminer, isn't Organizations: Service, Business, BI Locations: TikTok

☆ 2 millennials explain their rules to avoid temptation and save money during 'no-spend January'
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

For this challenge that involves reducing spending, White suggested sticking to realistic rules. Advertisement"I think that's a perfect example of some instance where convenience totally could have taken over in a regular month where I might not be so attentive to these rules," Brooks said. The rules should not be unreasonableThe rules White made for January were realistic for her life, she said. Her rules include eating out once a week, one beverage from Sonic a week, and "absolutely no spending money on any clothes because that's my biggest overconsumption area." "I think it's going to completely change the way I spend money."

Persons: Libby Brooks, Ashlee White, White, Brooks, —, she's, I've, didn't, it's, It's Organizations: Service Locations: TikTok, Brooks

☆ I'm trying to have a less wasteful holiday season. I've asked for no new gifts, and I'm decorating with natural things.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-08 | by ( Kim Dinan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Suddenly, the holidays morphed from a string of cozy celebrations with friends and family into a smorgasbord of plastic toys, plastic packaging, plastic decor, and plastic everything. Despite my best efforts, every holiday season I struggle to keep a stream of unwanted stuff from entering my home. But through trial and error, I've learned some skills that have helped my family make the holiday season less wasteful but no less fun. AdvertisementSustainable gift-givingMy kids want nothing and need very little, but they're showered with gifts during the holiday season. The cheaply made plastic holiday decor on sale this time of year is tough on the planet, too.

Persons: I've, I'm, Kim Dinan Organizations: Service, Business, Center for Biological Diversity, Thrift, Museum

☆ I've made $27K renting my clothes to strangers. Here's how I started this side hustle that takes 1 hour a day.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-08 | by ( Pooja Shah | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I was shocked at how many dresses she had for the wedding and asked her how she did it. She told me she rented them on a platform called By Rotation , a website where you can rent out clothes and accessories. Over the past 18 months, I have made over £21,392, or nearly $27,000, by renting on By Rotation and Hurr. AdvertisementI reinvest some of my rental earnings to buy more inventoryI reinvest some of my rental income by buying a couple of dresses a month, building my inventory. Make your wardrobe work for you, but don't rent out items with sentimental attachments on the rare chance they get damaged.

Persons: —, Jessica Templeton, Jess, It's, Templeton, Jess Templeton, I'm, I've Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Buckinghamshire, England, London

☆ TikTok made overconsumption cool. Now, it's turning against it.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Charissa Cheong | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

People are calling out overconsumption, and redefining what it means to be cool on social media. Social media users have long called out the consumerist culture fostered by social media, but recently a group of anti-heroes rose into the TikTok spotlight to battle this kind of overspending using their online platforms. It also reflects a marked change from the kind of aspirational content that people have historically associated with other social media platforms like Instagram. The fight against overconsumption perhaps indicates that creators are trying to redefine the standard of what it means to be cool. The glorification of overconsumption that defined social media may be on its way out.

Persons: TikTok, overconsumption, —, We're, there's, that's, Michelle, Ellie, Kim reshared, Kim Organizations: Service, overconsumption

☆ From 'chunky' dad shoes to laminated eyebrows, a millennial mom broke down the Gen Z trends she said she won't be 'gaslit' into adopting
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Geoff Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A millennial mom on TikTok took umbrage with Gen Z trends, igniting intergenerational discourse. She's not a fan of laminated eyebrows, the "glass skin" trend, "chunky" dad shoes, or mini Uggs. While millennials' style is often critiqued by Gen Z, the TikToker said she doesn't take the debate seriously. AdvertisementA millennial mom recently took umbrage with several popular Gen Z fashion and beauty trends, igniting intergenerational discourse about eyebrows and sneakers on TikTok. In a separate clip, she noted millennials have often been the butt of Gen Z critiques, including being labeled "cheugy" (or basic) for wearing skinny jeans, hairline side parts, and over-the-knee boots.

Persons: TikTok, She's, Gen Z, —, Melissa, I'm Organizations: Service

☆ Amazon hit by strikes, protests across Europe during Black Friday trade
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"Make Amazon Pay", a campaign coordinated by the UNI Global Union, said strikes and protests would take place in more than 30 countries from Black Friday - the day after the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, when many retailers slash prices to boost sales - through to Monday. In Germany, Amazon's second-biggest market by sales last year, around 250 workers were on strike at a Leipzig warehouse and around 500 at an Amazon warehouse in Rheinberg, trade union Verdi said on Friday. More than 200 workers were striking on Friday at Amazon's warehouse in Coventry, England as part of a long-running dispute over pay. The striking workers were chanting their demand for a pay rise to 15 pounds ($18.69) an hour. Amazon has remained popular in Europe even as rivals like Shein and Temu have seen rapid growth.

Persons: Amazon's, Verdi, Nick Henderson, Amazon, CGIL, CCOO, Helen Reid, James Davey, Phil Noble, Matthias Inverardi, Elisa Anzolin, Corina Pons, Sharon Singleton Organizations: UNI Global Union, U.S, Amazon, Castel, Reuters Graphics, Thomson Locations: Europe, U.S, Germany, Leipzig, Rheinberg, Amazon's, Coventry, England, Castel San Giovanni, France, London, Dusseldorf, Milan, Madrid

☆ Amazon protests in Europe target warehouses, lockers on busy Black Friday
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

On Black Friday, the day after the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, many retailers slash prices to boost sales. More than 1,000 workers at Amazon's warehouse in Coventry, England, will strike on Friday, according to trade union GMB, as part of a long-running dispute over pay. Many Amazon shoppers use its lockers, which are located in train stations, supermarket car parks, and street corners, to receive their orders. Attac, which calls Black Friday a "celebration of overproduction and overconsumption", said it expects the protest to be wider than last year, when it estimates 100 Amazon lockers across France were targeted. "Make Amazon Pay", a global campaign coordinated by UNI Global Union, said strikes and protests would take place in more than 30 countries from Black Friday through to Monday.

Persons: Pascal, Amazon's, Verdi, CGIL, CCOO, Helen Reid, James Davey, Matthias Inverardi, Elisa Anzolin, Corina Pons, Sharon Singleton Organizations: Workers, U.S, Amazon, GMB, Trade, Amazon's, Castel, UNI Global Union, Thomson Locations: Boves, France, Europe, U.S, Germany, Bad Hersfeld, Dortmund, Koblenz, Leipzig, Amazon's, Coventry , England, London, Castel San Giovanni, Black, Dusseldorf, Milan, Madrid

☆ Amazon hit by strikes, protests across Europe during Black Friday
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

In England, more than 200 workers were striking on Friday at Amazon's warehouse in Coventry as part of a long-running dispute over pay. The striking workers were chanting their demand for a pay rise to 15 pounds ($18.69) an hour. [1/4]People hold a banner during a Black Friday strike outside the Amazon warehouse, in Coventry, Britain November 24, 2023. Spanish union CCOO called for Amazon warehouse and delivery workers to stage a one-hour strike on each shift on "Cyber Monday" next week. Amazon has remained popular in Europe even as rivals like Shein and Temu have seen rapid growth.

Persons: Amazon's, Verdi, Nick Henderson, Phil Noble, Amazon, CGIL, CCOO, Helen Reid, James Davey, Matthias Inverardi, Elisa Anzolin, Corina Pons, Nick Zieminski, Jason Neely Organizations: UNI Global Union, U.S, Amazon, REUTERS, Reuters Graphics, Thomson Locations: Europe, U.S, Germany, Rheinberg, Leipzig, England, Amazon's, Coventry, Britain, Italy, Castel San Giovanni, Spanish, France, London, Dusseldorf, Milan, Madrid

☆ Patagonia’s Yvon Chouinard On the High Stakes of Low Quality - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Yvon Chouinard | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Over 50 years ago, my wife, Malinda, and I bought a chef’s knife of carbon steel that we still use. Compare that to the junk stainless steel ones that might not rust but that won’t hold an edge to cut a tomato. The culprit: our overconsumption of stuff, from shoddy tools to fast fashion that is trendy one day, trash the next. Turning these and other raw materials into final products releases one-fifth of all carbon emissions. Research links demand for goods in Western Europe and the United States to the premature deaths of more than 100,000 people in China because of industrial air pollution.

Persons: Malinda Locations: Western Europe, United States, China

"Increasingly we are going to turn used clothes into raw material from Europe for fashion companies." Also in Spain, rivals including H&M, Mango and Inditex have created a non-profit association to manage clothing waste, responding to an EU law requiring member states to separate textiles from other waste from January 2025. OBSTACLESThe obstacles to significantly reducing clothing waste are formidable, despite the EU crackdown, industry sustainability commitments and initiatives like the Moda Re expansion. Adidas (ADSGn.DE), Bestseller, and H&M (HMb.ST) have invested in Finnish start-up Infinited Fiber Company, which manufactures fibre out of textile waste, cardboard and paper. As in Spain, textile waste associations would be set up in each country.

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☆ If We Are What We Eat, We Don’t Know Who We Are
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Jacob E. Gersen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Van Tulleken may be right that it is the other stuff — synthetics, chemicals and stabilizers — used in the processing that causes overconsumption. But another critical difference between real and frozen pizza is cost: The fresh pizzeria pie discussed in the book costs 600 percent more than the frozen pizza. Do people eat more when food is cheap, or do they eat more cheap food because the processing that makes it cheap tricks us into eating more? Even if food is “designed to be overconsumed,” no one would eat it if it cost $100 a bag. A hundred years ago, Graham worried that fake food would make us sick because it lacked vitamins, nutrients and calories — and was chased out of town.

Persons: Tulleken, van, Graham, Van Tulleken’s

☆ 63 cruise ships owned by Carnival Corporation released more toxic sulfur gasses than all the cars in Europe, study says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Hannah Towey | Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

63 cruise ships owned by Carnival Corp. emitted more sulfur oxides than all the cars in Europe in 2022. The cruise industry is investing in alternative energy sources such as LNG fuel and shore power. Though the IMO rule slashes the sulfur emissions of individual ships, it has done nothing to limit the increasing number of cruise ships in recent years. Compared to 2019, cruise ships are also spending more time at European ports and consuming more fuel, per the report. As a result, cruise ships overall emitted 9% more sulfur oxides in 2022 than in 2017, according to Transport & Environment.

Persons: MIGUEL MEDINA, Robert Rohde, — Dr, We're Organizations: Carnival Corp, European Federation for Transport, Environment, Carnival Corporation, International Maritime Organization, Transport & Environment, Cruise, Carnival Locations: Europe, Venice, AFP, Berkeley, Paris, New, York

☆ We Have a Dopamine Problem
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Dana G. Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The neurotransmitter dopamine is eliciting a lot of panic these days. According to books, articles and social media posts, our urge for a quick dopamine hit is why we crave cookies and spend too much time on Instagram. If we keep giving in to these desires, the rationale goes, we’ll never be able to stop ourselves. Videos tagged #dopamine, many claiming to teach viewers how to manipulate the brain chemical, have more than 700 million views on TikTok. One influencer offers a “free list of things that numb dopamine” so that you can “reclaim control over your life!”

Persons: we’ll, We’ve, Dr, Anna Lembke Locations: Stanford, TikTok

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