# Insights from Professor Adam Alter's book, "Irresistible" are featured

1 Faculty News July 30, 2018 ![Inc. logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_032187.jpg?itok=TSGPgNt6)>

Excerpt from [Inc.](https://www.inc.com/jon-levy/are-you-using-technology-as-a-pacifier.html) -- "According to [Adam Alter](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/adam-alter), associate professor of marketing at New York University and author of the recent book Irresistible, more screen time tends to make people less happy and healthy. In fact, a recent study found that people who use multiple social media platforms have three times the risk of depression and anxiety."

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