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my counterpoint would be that cigarettes also have an obvious value prop: they give you a nicotine high that users find satisfying. having a value prop doesn't
by djohnston 8y ago
my counterpoint would be that cigarettes also have an obvious value prop: they give you a nicotine high that users find satisfying. having a value prop doesn't imply an absence of negative consequences, otherwise cars are also devoid of value prop.
- asdff 8y agoPeople get addicted to social media too. Next time you get in an elevator notice how many people immediately whip out the phone and start scrolling the minute they are standing still. It's completely subconscious, like what are you going to read in the 20 second elevator ride, yet people do it all the same because there's a dopamine hit.
- djohnston 8y agowell.. imo also because 20 years ago they just would have been staring into corners or something
- asdff 8y agoThere's value in staring into corners imo. Try forgetting your phone at home one day. No longer are you instinctively reaching for it the minute you have 20 seconds to spare, you allow yourself to daydream again. I ended up being way more focused that day just from cutting out those >30 second moments on the phone. Instead of my brain just shutting off and tuning out, I was actually thinking about my day and what I'm working on. I felt like a Buddhist monk!
- ionised 8y agoThe high from cigarettes comes from satisfying an addiction. The actual high from nicotine in cigarettes is very slight. Satisfying an addiction is not the same thing as providing value.