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Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked
by Adam Alter
by Adam Alter
My takeaway rhetorical question: does it make sense for a book about technological addiction to be published as an eBook as well as print? Followup: will taking the time to post it to a social media book review website prove or disprove the book's byline?
I went in a believer and left a skeptic. Too many pat conclusions when the research and studies demands more investigations. This felt too much like a repeat of the dire warnings that came with radio, television, and computers changing things forever and humanity being tossed down the crapper. I do still believe that technological addiction exists and that there are people who need help coping and overcoming their addictions, but the conclusions in this book are too broad and the lack of suggested action we could take left me grumbling through the book to see if it got better. It didn't and now I'm done.
I went in a believer and left a skeptic. Too many pat conclusions when the research and studies demands more investigations. This felt too much like a repeat of the dire warnings that came with radio, television, and computers changing things forever and humanity being tossed down the crapper. I do still believe that technological addiction exists and that there are people who need help coping and overcoming their addictions, but the conclusions in this book are too broad and the lack of suggested action we could take left me grumbling through the book to see if it got better. It didn't and now I'm done.
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May 16, 2017 08:19AM
I could have written your review verbatim. Completely agree!
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