addict

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There’s one antiprinciple to this: Do not invest in companies that intentionally try to addict their customers to spend more time, attention and money on them, to the detriment of those customers’ flourishing.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

Even dour Eva is a coffee addict and a heck of a karaoke singer.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

"These companies built machines designed to addict the brains of children, and they did it on purpose," Lanier said.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

It should instead focus on what platforms do control: personalized, recommendation-based algorithms deliberately designed in ways that addict, isolate and harm users.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

“I’m not a drug addict, you pipsqueak,” I say.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart