Related is Paul Graham's essay on the acceleration of addictiveness: http://www.paulgraham.com/addiction.html http://www.paulgraham.com/addiction.html (And to

Related is Paul Graham's essay on the acceleration of addictiveness: http://www.paulgraham.com/addiction.html http://www.paulgraham.com/addiction.html (And to add a shameless plug, my own article on akrasia: http://messymatters.com/akrasia http://messymatters.com/akrasia )