# Professor Adam Alter's book, "Irresistible," is featured in a column addressing backlash against the tech industry over smartphone addiction

1 Faculty News January 8, 2018 ![The New York Times Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_027320.jpg?itok=W8xBr66g)>

Excerpt from [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/08/technology/apple-tech-children-jana-calstrs.html?_r=0) -- "[Adam Alter](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/adam-alter), a social psychologist and the author of 'Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked,' documents instances of internet addiction spanning the globe."

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