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The reality is all this is a result of well done user testing and giving users more of what they respond to. That said, cigarettes were the same thing so I thi
by fictionfuture 9y ago
The reality is all this is a result of well done user testing and giving users more of what they respond to.
That said, cigarettes were the same thing so I think in the future the solution to "habit forming tech" is simply to create a cultural push back and potentially regulate.
- agumonkey 9y agoIsn't it the same as so many "modern" tech ? mainly local hyper optimization ? internet got to me to a point that when my line is broken I feel better in less than a second. I have an issue, I'm a hoarder, and internet / socnet are an infinite graph to walk so I have a hard time not walking. Similar to the concept of "not missing things" (forgot the usual term).
- blfr 9y agoFOMO -- fear of missing out.
- jo82 9y agoNat geo had a great cover story about this last month - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/09/the-addicted-brain/ http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/09/the-addic... The Theory of Addiction is no longer about dependence or withdrawal, it is about getting people to perform repetitive action. It doesn't matter what that action is.