# Professor Adam Alter's forthcoming book, "Irresistible," is reviewed

1 Faculty News March 2, 2017 ![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/opinions/subtle-and-insidious-technology-is-designed-to-addict-us/2017/03/02/5b983ef4-fcee-11e6-99b4-9e613afeb09f_story.html?utm_term=.0bfe98ddd156) -- "By the end of his enjoyable yet alarming book, 'Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked,' you may be convinced that [Alter](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/adam-alter) is right and want to seriously rethink the behavioral addictions in your life."

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