# Professor Adam Alter is interviewed for a story on tech companies' efforts to address tech addiction

1 Faculty News November 1, 2018 ![CNN logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_027323.jpg?itok=3feg8BmM)>

Excerpt from [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/10/tech/apple-google-facebook-tech-screen-addiction/index.html) -- "'These are band aids,' Adam Alter, author of 'Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked,' tells CNN. 'Instead of actually producing tech that's good for us -- that helps us live better lives -- these tools basically suggest that the tech itself can't be improved, so we're stuck with trying to discourage or curb usage.'"

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