🎧 Irresistible by Adam Alter

Adam Alter, a professor of psychology and marketing at NYU, explores the rise of behavioural addiction to technology, from smartphones and social media to video games and binge-watching. In this unabridged audiobook from Penguin Audio, the author reads it himself.

Key Themes

• The rise of behavioural addiction to technology
• How companies tweak products until they are hard to resist
• Using addictive products for good
• Limiting harm to wellbeing and to children's health and happiness

Sissoo recommends this because it looks closely at the screen habits many of us share. It invites you to notice how the products you use every day are designed to hold your attention.

If you would like to talk through your own habits with someone, you can explore Speaking & Listening Therapies on Sissoo.

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