Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked
Adam Alteramazon.com
Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked
We now live in a world dominated by technologies based on B. F. Skinner’s vision of how the human mind works. His insight—that you can train living creatures to desperately crave arbitrary rewards—has come to dominate our environment.
Johann Hari • Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
The more we activate that intense pleasure response on social media, Lembke says, the more we crave it. The repetitive action becomes less exciting and we end up needing more to give us the same pleasure we experienced with a lesser amount before. Harris likened social media to a slot machine — we don’t know if we’re going to have positive interact... See more
Brittney McNamara • Social Media Isn't Just Addictive — It's Addictive By Design
Dopamine Labs, later called Boundless, provided a behavioral change API. The promise was that almost any app could benefit from gamification and the introduction of variable reward schedules. The goal of the company was to make apps more addictive and hook users.
Mario Gabriele • Scarcity as an API
