The issue of digital sources of high-dopamine behaviour, and the addictive painful cycles it induces, reminded me of Shoshana Zuboff's talk on surveillance capitalism. The idea there is that data-mining companies have an interest in creating more and more predictable (digital) behaviour patterns in consumers. Addictive behaviours just so happen to be highly predictable. So it seems to me surveillance capitalism is a driving force in increasing addictive behaviour.
He’s such an engaging host. He could read the phone book and I’d listen.
The issue of digital sources of high-dopamine behaviour, and the addictive painful cycles it induces, reminded me of Shoshana Zuboff's talk on surveillance capitalism. The idea there is that data-mining companies have an interest in creating more and more predictable (digital) behaviour patterns in consumers. Addictive behaviours just so happen to be highly predictable. So it seems to me surveillance capitalism is a driving force in increasing addictive behaviour.