"Addiction Is the Goal"

"Sure, let's give it a name, something like TikTok depression or Silicon Valley zombification or whatever. The key fact is that users can feel it, even if they don't have a label or a diagnosis. They feel it even if the technocrats refuse to tell them about it. Just listen to the words people use to describe their toxic online interactions: doomscrolling, trolling, doxxing, gaslighting, etc.
"In the year 2024, this is what we do for fun."

Ted Gioia at The Honest Broker in 2024 writes about "dopamine culture."

At Culture: An Owners Manual, W. David Marx discusses internet-driven fads.

As does Amanda Mull at Bloomberg.