as in excitable
easily excited by nature
an elderly couple who are unable to control their hyperkinetic grandson
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This new world has yet to be explored in fiction, and Neon Empire is an expose of this creative, hyperkinetic, and often violent world.
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William Earl, Variety, 25 May 2023
This new world has yet to be explored in fiction, and Neon Empire is an exposé of this creative, hyperkinetic, and often violent world.
—Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 30 May 2023
But a close reading of that early, critical academic paper shows that Peretti understood what Smith, despite two decades working in online media, appears to miss: that in a hyperkinetic media culture like ours, the medium becomes the message, and form shapes content.
—Aaron Timms, The New Republic, 18 Apr. 2023
Fox is tall, hyperkinetic and gregarious, with a booming voice and reddish-gray goatee.
—Andrew S. Lewis, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2023
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William Earl, Variety, 25 May 2023
This new world has yet to be explored in fiction, and Neon Empire is an exposé of this creative, hyperkinetic, and often violent world.
—Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 30 May 2023
But a close reading of that early, critical academic paper shows that Peretti understood what Smith, despite two decades working in online media, appears to miss: that in a hyperkinetic media culture like ours, the medium becomes the message, and form shapes content.
—Aaron Timms, The New Republic, 18 Apr. 2023
Fox is tall, hyperkinetic and gregarious, with a booming voice and reddish-gray goatee.
—Andrew S. Lewis, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2023
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