I learn that cigarette individuals, who went out of their approach to make their product addictive, then purchased into meals producers and used the identical playbook. They made the meals as addictive as potential.
I began running a blog on Xanga, in 2001. They got here up with “eProps” (pictured) which motivated the content material creators. I can let you know for positive, this was efficient. Genius, actually. Prop you up!
eProps morphed into “likes” with myspace, fb, or twitter. I don’t recall the main points, so far as who was first, however on-line content material has grow to be constantly extra powerfully addictive.
This may increasingly pale compared to addictive energy of video video games, together with the inventory market and crypto…playing usually. I do not know how you can rank these items, however we’ve positively misplaced floor on the well being entrance.
Taking a look at footage from the 70’s persons are positively thinner and such, however we additionally smoked lie fiends… many people did, anyway.
I used to be simply speaking about ageing and seeing patterns that repeat – I really feel this quick be aware makes a robust level.
Most of us have heard the phrase, “every thing sparsely”. It sounds good and it additionally sounds as if it needs to be simple to do, however virtually nobody can handle to take care of this customary. We simply go from one habit to the subsequent to the subsequent.
I’m pondering of a consumer who was hooked on this gal for a very long time. When he broke that spell, he received on dietary supplements and began doing hundreds of sit-ups and pullups. Then on to one thing else, proper?
I’m not dissing this man. All of us do that. I simply need to embrace different examples.
We’ve form of gotten rid of the phrase, “habit”. It’s so boring, if you name somebody “fireplace” or some such issues. Man with all these sit-ups is scorching and the obsession with the woman = “ardour”?
What about hooked on doom scrolling, solely followers… analysis? How about meddling? Or hate! Hooked on hate, lol.
Are you addressing an habit at the moment? Or probably having fun with one? Most of us are poly-addicted, I’d say.
