>No substance could ever match? If you plot the area under the curve of addictive behavior engaged in over a lifetime, absolutely. People can quit substance ad

>No substance could ever match? If you plot the area under the curve of addictive behavior engaged in over a lifetime, absolutely. People can quit substance addictions. You know that your addiction is harming you and actively destroying your life while you are engaged in it. Those feelings eventually lead most people to quit if they don't die. But social addiction is different. It feels like you're actually doing something useful and good, while it rots away your agency and sense of self. You become a mindless scroller whose tastes, preferences, ideologies, and overall cultural milieu become entirely mediated through engagement algorithms without you ever being aware of it.