“Why are people willing to pay so much money for something that reduces their happiness? One possibility is that social media acts like an addictive drug — in f

“Why are people willing to pay so much money for something that reduces their happiness? One possibility is that social media acts like an addictive drug — in fact, the people Allcott et al. paid to deactivate Facebook ended up using it less after the experiment was over. But another possibility is that people use services like Facebook because they’re compelled by motivations other than the pursuit of happiness.” This is a good point.