Addiction Economy Thought for the Day
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Disingenuous warnings about tech addiction
Haha Sam Altman CEO of OpenAI warning about the addictiveness of AI and doing nothing about it!
The Addiction Economy happens in plain sight - what to do?
Great new report from Gateshead Council - on commercial determinents of health
Remember: If disposables are banned companies will innovate
Warning vape companies are innovating ahead of disposables ban
Why isn’t their more action for ‘polluter pays’ levies?
New stats from British Heart Foundation don’t mention ‘commercial determinants’ and policy actions from that? Wondering why.
Are ‘Nanny State’ worries just a political delaying tactic?
The public reject claims that ‘all people want is cheap food’ - politicians should avoid being the ‘neglectful state’ if they want to get re-elected.
Columbia wants to legalise drugs
It seems that the predatory capitalism of multinational companies is definitely better for society than criminal gangs, but that regulation and treating addicts like human beings is the best way.
Has US cannabis legalisation been naive?
Total deregulation of cannabis reprises the big tobacco playbook of the 50’s says regulator.
Hurray, the Marshmallow Test is bllx!
“…no correlation between performance on the marshmallow test and a host of adolescent behavioural outcomes”
What happens when you fail to act on vaping
Here are our ideas on how to prevent vapes becoming the new acceptable addiction like alcohol.
The jaw-dropping effect of pseudo-science
How the invented term ‘excited delerium’ contributed to the death of George Floyd.
5 Common elements from addictive products
Vapes are the new hot products for the young because they use the 5 drivers of the addiction economy
The battle of the utilitarian & the moral
We need to look beyond economies on smoking, drinking and obesity
The strategy for our Vaping Dilemma film spot on!
New study says building awareness of predatory marketing practices helps prevention and un-addiction.
Hard hitting vaping expose in The Times
Exposing the battle we have witnessed about vaping and well summarised in Joe’s Vaping Dilemma film!
Great expose on tobacco corruption in vaping science
New series of articles from The Times about how big tobacco bankrolled science playing down harm to children
The science behind the ‘Dopamine Menu’ trend
Fun new tool designing personalised dopamine hits to give you different bits of pleasure to help you resist the addictive ones!
Government brainwashed by fast-food lobbyists
Fast food companies bombard government to lobby against advertising ban. And it worked.
Why we have to be precautionary
How the precautionary approach lets us see past big numbers and think long term