“Tech Addiction” Is the New Reefer Madness (Letter — March 15, 2021)

Nir Eyal
Psychology of Stuff
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2 min readMar 15, 2021

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By promoting the idea that technology is hijacking our brains and getting all of us addicted to our devices, techno-fearmongers elevate the exception rather than the rule.

To read my latest blog post on the tech addiction fear-mongering, click here.

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Nir Eyal
Psychology of Stuff

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