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Alter: Familiar experiences are less addictive due to rapid tolerance
“Things that are familiar to you actually are less likely to be addictive. You develop a tolerance really fast.”
Adam Alter Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 4:14 a16z Podcast | Addiction vs Popularity in the Age of Virality
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Alter: Inactive smartphones on tables diminish conversation quality between strangers
“There's this amazing study showing that if you sit across from someone else, and there's a smartphone on the table, even if it's inert, it's not actually being used. The conversation that you have with that person, if that person is a stranger, will be diminis…”
Adam Alter Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 22:43 a16z Podcast | Addiction vs Popularity in the Age of Virality
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