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Its not conspiracy, its true.
Through either conscious design, or purely through the fact that coincidentally addictive designs are going to get higher engagement and therefore more likely to succeed, the vast majority of the economy is built around the rapid and repetitive consumption.
It bleeds people dry, boosts disinformation and outrage, and has severe psychological and neurological impacts on the people it affects.
Its seriously one of the worst things about modern society, and is even worse when combined with other issues we as a society face.
I honestly hope we can survive long enough to shift focus as a society, hopefully then we will see the current in the way we see the past