# Professor Adam Alter's book, "Irresistible," is referenced

1 Faculty News March 23, 2018 ![The Washington Post logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031074.jpg?itok=f6OME_Rm)>

Excerpt from [The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/03/23/the-real-problem-with-facebook-is-not-a-data-leak/?utm_term=.783f7f2699a2) -- "Author and professor [Adam Alter](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/adam-alter) compares these new technologies and smart devices to slot machines and other addictive substances in terms of their impact on our minds and physical well-being — as well as on our inability to turn away."

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