An algorithm off switch isn’t enough. A digital duty of care must hold tech bros accountable for addictive designs

48 points by kiyomoris 12 hours ago on reddit | 2 comments

Plenty_Fondant_951 | 3 hours ago

Yeh it's super bizarre that we regulate alcohol, tobacco, gambling, street drugs

But if you have a website or app and literally hire behavioral psychologists and neuroscientists to hack the exact same neural circuitry used in all of those addictions, that's just good business?

Make that make sense!

Especially heinous when clicks=money at the expense of not just our wallets but actual mental health crisis, body dysmorphia, anxiety, depression. But again, it's for business so totally ok!