[wirthjason]

“Addiction is a disease” is something I learned as a child of a (now sober) alcoholic parent.

It’s a strange classification at first because addiction seems like a matter of will and strength.

If we’re going to lump algorithmic addiction in with other addictions there’s a lot of interesting things that would flow from that. For example now that online gambling and sports betting is more common there’s disclaimers and commercials telling people to get help if they have a problem. Should the same thing be true for social media and Candy Crush games?

“Do you have a problem with social media, go to Facebook.com/gethelp for more information”