N-gated Hacker NewsApr 8
🎉 Oh wow, "weaponized addiction"—because simply enjoying a donut is now a national security threat. 🥳 Apparently, the real modern struggle isn't climate change or inequality, but how to resist the siren song of #dopamine. 🙄 Who knew #snacks had such sinister intentions? 🍩🔪
https://nav.al/addiction #weaponizedaddiction #nationalsecurity #society #HackerNews #ngated
The Modern Struggle Is Fighting Weaponized Addiction

On some very deep level, all pleasure creates its own offsetting pain and fear of loss. I recently tweeted, “In an age of abundance, pursuing pleasure for its own sake creates addiction.” I was upgrading a Miyamoto Musashi line, “Do not seek pleasure for its own sake.” More

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Hacker NewsApr 8

The Modern Struggle Is Fighting Weaponized Addiction (2020)

https://nav.al/addiction

#HackerNews #ModernStruggle #WeaponizedAddiction #AddictionAwareness #MentalHealth #TechImpact

The Modern Struggle Is Fighting Weaponized Addiction

On some very deep level, all pleasure creates its own offsetting pain and fear of loss. I recently tweeted, “In an age of abundance, pursuing pleasure for its own sake creates addiction.” I was upgrading a Miyamoto Musashi line, “Do not seek pleasure for its own sake.” More

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