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The article coins the term 'dopamine fracking' to describe the process of pumping excessive resources into casual activities to extract maximum dopamine, ignoring long-term harm. It critiques the commodification of online culture, hobbies, and relationships in the digital age.
A personal account of overcoming addiction, incarceration, and a felony record to rebuild life through software development and open source contributions.
Internal Microsoft documents reveal the company's strategy for its new AI assistant Scout is to intentionally make users addicted before expanding it into an agentic platform.
Tweet humorously warns against installing AI coding tools like Claude Code, Codex, and OpenClaw, implying they are so addictive that one stays indoors for 27 days, a humorous irony.
Snap, YouTube, and TikTok have settled the first lawsuit alleging social media addiction harmed students and strained school budgets, with terms undisclosed; Meta still faces trial in the same case.