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Irresistible (Adam Alter)
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#Behavioraladdiction #Variablerewards #Persuasivedesign #Attentioneconomy #Digitalcompulsions #Irresistible
Adam Alter’s Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked is a 2017 work of popular psychology and social criticism about behavioral addiction. Drawing on research, clinical perspectives, design practices, and examples from digital life, Alter argues that many products are engineered not merely to be useful but to command repeated attention. The book ranges beyond smartphones and social media to consider video games, online shopping, gambling, work, and other activities that can become compulsive. Its central purpose is to broaden the public understanding of addiction. Rather than treating it solely as dependence on a chemical substance, Alter examines patterns in which a behavior persists despite meaningful costs to health, relationships, sleep, work, or autonomy. He places responsibility in the interaction between vulnerable human psychology and commercial environments optimized for engagement. The result is both an explanation of why digital habits are hard to interrupt and a call for individuals, families, designers, and institutions to take the architecture of attention seriously.
- Amazon USA Store: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06WGMQBBM?tag=9natree-20
- Amazon Worldwide Store: https://global.buys.trade/Irresistible-Adam-Alter.html
- Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/irresistible-cloverleigh-farms-book-1-unabridged/id1454536595?itsct=books_box_link&itscg=30200&ls=1&at=1001l3bAw&ct=9natree
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- Read more: https://english.9natree.com/read/B06WGMQBBM/
#Behavioraladdiction #Variablerewards #Persuasivedesign #Attentioneconomy #Digitalcompulsions #Irresistible
Adam Alter’s Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked is a 2017 work of popular psychology and social criticism about behavioral addiction. Drawing on research, clinical perspectives, design practices, and examples from digital life, Alter argues that many products are engineered not merely to be useful but to command repeated attention. The book ranges beyond smartphones and social media to consider video games, online shopping, gambling, work, and other activities that can become compulsive. Its central purpose is to broaden the public understanding of addiction. Rather than treating it solely as dependence on a chemical substance, Alter examines patterns in which a behavior persists despite meaningful costs to health, relationships, sleep, work, or autonomy. He places responsibility in the interaction between vulnerable human psychology and commercial environments optimized for engagement. The result is both an explanation of why digital habits are hard to interrupt and a call for individuals, families, designers, and institutions to take the architecture of attention seriously.
