The Addiction Economy

Rather than doing monthly links, I'm experimenting with posting them as I find them.

The Addiction Economy
A project from Society Inside

Summary: everything is terrible, just like you thought.

I saw this project covered in an issue of The New World:

The biggest cause of preventable death the world has ever known– bigger than terrorism, wars, malaria, Aids, murder and traffic accidents – is caused by ordinary companies just trying to make a profit.

And:

The three drivers of addiction: addictive product design, predatory marketing and inescapable availability.

The three horsemen of enshittification, perhaps.