In a Los Angeles courtroom, the mechanics of modern childhood are on trial. Lawyers for a California teenager argue that Instagram and YouTube were built like behavioral slot machines, tuned to keep ...

I write quite a lot about the interaction of technology and addiction. Typically, I’m focused on the ways in which technology serves as a driver for addiction. For instance, digital technologies are ...

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