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The Addiction Economy
Essayist and investor Paul Graham writes that societies tend to develop ‘social antibodies’ . . .” Paul Graham, “The Acceleration of Addictiveness,” July 2010, www.paulgraham.com/addiction.html
Nir Eyal • Indistractable

Silicon Valley rebranded addiction as retention
And made it the most important metric
And made it the most important metric
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The world has always rewarded those with contrarian patterns of living. Being different from the system is painful and awkward sometimes, but it allows an individual a richer life (literally and figuratively). The more addictive our technology becomes, the more lemminglike our world will become, and therefore, the more richly rewarded the few remai
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