Communication Quote by Adam Alter

“DNA evidence suggests that Neanderthals carried a gene known as DRD4-7R as long as forty thousand years ago. DRD4-7R is responsible for a constellation…

— Adam Alter

“Immersive tech like virtual reality inspires such rich emotions that it’s ripe for abuse. It’s still in its infancy, though, so it’s too soon…

— Adam Alter

“humans find the sweet spot sandwiched between “too easy” and “too difficult” irresistible. It’s the land of just-challenging-enough computer games, financial targets, work ambitions,…

— Adam Alter

“It’s hard to exaggerate how much the “like” button changed the psychology of Facebook use. What had begun as a passive way to track…

— Adam Alter

“Tech isn’t morally good or bad until it’s wielded by the corporations that fashion it for mass consumption. Apps and platforms can be designed…

— Adam Alter

“Walter Isaacson, who ate dinner with the Jobs family while researching his biography of Steve Jobs, reports that “No one ever pulled out an…

— Adam Alter

“Super Mario Bros. hooks newcomers because there are no barriers to playing the game. You can know absolutely nothing about the Nintendo console and…

— Adam Alter

“Meanwhile, in 2015, there were 280 million smartphone addicts. If they banded together to form the “United States of Nomophobia,” it would be the…

— Adam Alter

“One recent study suggested that up to 40 percent of the population suffers from some form of Internet-based addiction, whether to email, gaming, or porn.”

— Adam Alter

“A behavior is addictive only if the rewards it brings now are eventually”

— Adam Alter

“Addiction originally meant a different kind of strong connection: in ancient Rome, being addicted meant you had just been sentenced to slavery.”

— Adam Alter

“It isn’t the body falling in unrequited love with a dangerous drug, but rather the mind learning to associate any substance or behavior with…

— Adam Alter