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Attention economy is a red herring. HN shows that you don't need to do much to be more addictive than TikTok. It's human nature.


You just need easy access to an unpredictable reward. Humans or other animals will pull the lever as much as possible to try to catch a high reward.


"Updoots to the left"

The scale is completely different. It's like arguing a bomb, a gun and a knife are exactly the same thing and we shouldn't bother thinking about where we draw the legality line




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