Book · 2017 · Internet addiction
Irresistible
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There's an unbelievable book that I read called Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked, and it's by Adam Alter.
What they say about it
- About technology addiction“addiction to technology”3
- Currently reading the book“I'm in the middle of a book now”3
The best things said about it
I went down all these science holes and now I'm looking at reading this book Irresistible, which is all about screen addiction and all the studies, and it's brilliant.
Irresistible is this book that is about how people are addicted, it's by Adam Alter, and it's about how people are addicted to your phones and applications.
I'm reading this book right now I'm listening to it on tape um it's called Uh irresistible and I keep forgetting this dude's name who uh who wrote the book but I'm listening to it on audio book It's uh Adam alter and it's all about addictions and it's all about particularly how addictive games are insanely addictive like games.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Aug 2020 I've been into this book lately, it's called Irresistible, it's about addictions, downloaded it because I saw you recommend it and oh my god it's heavy.
Nikki Glaser The Joe Rogan Experience · Aug 2020 In the book Irresistible he says that there's this inability for us to just be bored, that as humans we used to just have this idle time.
Where and when it comes up
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How it comes up
Most mentions, by podcast
9 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
Irresistible by Adam Alter is an insightful exploration by an NYU professor into the rise of addictive technology and the complex business models designed to keep modern users constantly hooked. On ChooseFI, Dominick Quartuccio recommended the book to illustrate the pervasive and compulsive nature of contemporary digital devices. Chris Williamson mentioned the book on Modern Wisdom, noting its popularity among early internet builders and its effectiveness in explaining digital dependency, while Matt Johnson praised the work on the same podcast during a conversation about human pleasure and milestones. Bridget Phetasy discussed the book twice on The Rubin Report, calling it a brilliant examination of screen addiction and scientific studies related to behavioral loops while describing her own deep dive into the subject after taking a break from social media. Additionally, Gad Saad and Miley Cyrus both discussed reading the book on separate episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience, with Cyrus highlighting how Alter details the ways applications and phones exploit human psychology to ensure continuous engagement. Across multiple platforms, commentators have continually turned to this text to decode the mechanisms behind compulsive digital habits and modern behavioral traps.
Every mention
Bridget Phetasy and now I'm looking at reading this book irresistible which is all about screen addiction and all the studi… 3
Recommended
“and now I'm looking at reading this book irresistible which is all about screen addiction and all the studies and it's brilliant”
Recommended
“so I went down all these science holes and now I'm looking at reading this book irresistible which is all about screen addiction and all the studies and it's brilliant”
Discussed
“and this in the book irresistable he says that there's this inability for us to just be bored that as humans we used to just have this idle time”
Chris Williamson it's an incredibly common thing if you talk about people who were sort of involved in the early days of the… 1
Recommended
“it's an incredibly common thing if you talk about people who were sort of involved in the early days of the internet or in building some of this or you know whether you see them in in adam also it's very good book actually or um you know to the one side it's called is irresistible”
Dominick Quartuccio so there's an unbelievable book that I read called irresistible the rise of addictive technology and The Bu… 1
Recommended
“so there's an unbelievable book that I read called irresistible the rise of addictive technology and The Business of keeping us hooked and it's by Adam alter who's a professor at NYU”
Matt Johnson he wrote irresistible an awesome book 1
Recommended
“he wrote irresistible an awesome book”
Joe Rogan I'm listening to it on tape um it's called Uh irresistible and I keep forgetting this dude's name who uh wh… 7
Discussed
“I'm reading this book right now I'm listening to it on tape um it's called Uh irresistible and I keep forgetting this dude's name who uh who wrote the book but I'm listening to it on audio book It's uh Adam alter and it's all about addictions and it's all about particularly how addictive games are insanely addictive like games”
Discussed
“I'm listening to it on tape um it's called Uh irresistible and I keep forgetting this dude's name who uh who wrote the book ... Adam alter”
Discussed
“this is what I'm getting out of this book irresistible it's like there's things that we have in our head”
Discussed
“it's you're you're you're getting addicted to this weird feedback loop that that the book irresistible talks about”
Discussed
“this is one of the things that in that book irresistible there's there's no empathy in these conversations”
Discussed
“I think it was in that I think it was in that uh that same book we've brought up so many times”
Discussed
“that's the other thing that they were talking about in this book uh irresistible talking about the dopamine rush that people get from various addictions”
Miley Cyrus I'm in the middle of a book now about that it's called irresistible 2
Discussed
“i'm in the middle of a book now about that it's called irresistible you find that it's on my instagram too jamie um irresistible is this book that is about how people are addicted it's by uh adam alter and uh it's about how people are addicted to your phones and applications”
Discussed
“I'm in the middle of a book now about that it's called irresistible”
Nikki Glaser i've been into this book lately it's called irresistible it's about uh addictions downloaded it because i s… 2
Discussed
“i've been into this book lately it's called irresistible it's about uh addictions downloaded it because i saw you recommend it and oh my god it's heavy”
Discussed
“so was also part of the book you're about irresistible it's it even talks about sex addiction i couldn't gambling addictions really get into that book because i got distracted by my phone again within three seconds”
Annie Lederman isn't that what was in that book irresistible that you were just posting about our brains are wired to need… 1
Discussed
“isn't that what was in that book irresistible that you were just posting about our brains are wired to need completion”
Gad Saad It's funny because there's a book that I read recently uh by adam alter It's called irresistible and it's a… 1
Discussed
“It's funny because there's a book that I read recently uh by adam alter It's called irresistible and it's about uh addiction to technology”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (7: passing, ad reads, own books)
Plugged
“And he's the author of three New York Times bestsellers, Irresistible, Drunk Tank Pink, and the brand new bestselling book Anatomy of a Breakthrough.”
Plugged
“um i remember i think i talked about this in the book um i remember running a marathon my first marathon which was a decade ago”
Plugged
“so the the subtitle of the book is um the rise of addictive technology and the business of keeping us hooked”
Passing
“I was thinking about you CU you posted that irresistible uh that book the other day dude I Reed someone texting like a year ago”
Speaker The Joe Rogan Experience #1529 - Whitney Cummings & Annie Lederman 2020-08-21 Listen at 4:37
Passing
“you know one of the things that on one of the first comments of that when I posted that book he was like I'll accept your apology”
Passing
“because you posted that irresistible uh that book the other day dude i rearranged someone texting like a year ago”
Passing
“isn't that what was in that book irresistible that you were just posting about our brains are wired to need completion”