[todaysAI]

I always thought that there is a specific cadence or rhythm to the human mind and I would create some music (or sequence of tones) that would get people addicted and I would sell it on a per-listen basis and make trillions.

[diggernet]

Good luck with that. It didn't work out so well for the creator in Arthur C. Clarke's "The Ultimate Melody".

https://archive.org/details/1957-02_IF/page/n71/mode/2up

[mellowdream]

Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest discusses this, only it's a film.

[ragazzina]

It's the 'motif of harmful sensation' trope.