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Irresistible: Why We Can't Stop Checking, Scrolling, Clicking and Watching by Adam Alter
3.0
3.5⭐️ Why do we keep checking our phones? Why do we scroll endlessly on Facebook/Instagram? Why do we always watch the next episode on Netflix? Why do we strive to walk more than our 10,000 steps? And why are the world’s biggest technocrats eg Steve Jobs, privately technophobes and wouldn’t let their kids have their own creations?
This book takes a very interesting look at the changes and growth in behavioural addictions to tech - games, phones, slot machines, fitness trackers, streaming services - addictions in a world where tech cannot be avoided.
I found this quite an enlightening, pretty frightening as well as helpful read on how you can become more aware of your behaviours/addictive tendencies that many of us have to our tech - would you go anywhere without your phone? What we don’t know yet is the true impact of these addictions on the digital natives who were born into the world of smart phones, tablets and steaming services as they are not adults yet, that will be a very interesting revelation.
Definitely worth a read! It might make you consider your own behaviours and those of the younger generations!
This book takes a very interesting look at the changes and growth in behavioural addictions to tech - games, phones, slot machines, fitness trackers, streaming services - addictions in a world where tech cannot be avoided.
I found this quite an enlightening, pretty frightening as well as helpful read on how you can become more aware of your behaviours/addictive tendencies that many of us have to our tech - would you go anywhere without your phone? What we don’t know yet is the true impact of these addictions on the digital natives who were born into the world of smart phones, tablets and steaming services as they are not adults yet, that will be a very interesting revelation.
Definitely worth a read! It might make you consider your own behaviours and those of the younger generations!