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I think its more about a mismatch between our evolutionary past, and the modern environment. No different from junk food. Stimuli that would be adaptive in our prehistoric environment, is no longer so, but still triggers the same reward mechanisms. e.g. Seeing pictures of people on a social media app.

Yeah, we need a bigger fix.

Your work definitely has a part to play, to help people get rid of the addiction. So I'm definitely supportive - let's just keep the blame where it belongs, so it can be fixed at the core. :)

Agreed, it would make me so miserable to stack another failure on top of previous failures and the self-esteem loss that creates.

Zuckerberg et al downvoting an inconvenient truth? ;) Mark: fuck you.