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# As early as 1903, the German philosopher and sociologist Georg Simmel described the effect of scrolling through a social-media feed:
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- Published: 2026-02-19T09:33:05.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:26:56.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Books, Observations, Science, Society, Pop Culture

> This results in the nerves reacting with maximum intensity for so long a time that they finally cease to react at all. \[ ... \] Thus there arises an incapacity to react to new sensations with the appropriate energy