
Andrew Chen 🇺🇸
Stats + related links for How startups die from their addiction to paid marketing
[Originally tweetstormed at @andrewchen, Follow me for more!] Many of the biggest implosions in recent history – especially ecommerce – have been due to startups getting addicted to paid marketing while fooling themselves on Customer Acqusition Costs. As spend scales, it always gets more expensive and harder to track – never less. A familiar story: […]
This your link? Claim it
More like this
MIT Technology Review
He got Facebook hooked on AI. Now he can't fix its misinformation addiction
MIT Technology Review
20+ min read · 2021-03-11 · Three years ago, the company began building "responsible AI." This is the story of how it failed.
Reader View · Shared by 764, including 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Hilary Mason, Brendan Nyhan, Casey Newton, Andreas Staub, Scott Monty, John Burn-Murdoch, Andy Budd, Anne Applebaum, Carla Gentry, Kevin Roose, Steve Silberman, Sarah Frier, Mathew Ingram, Azeem Azhar, Nige Willson, Brian Solis - briansolis.eth, Bob E. Hayes, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻
Ness Labs
Productivity addiction: when we become obsessed with productivity
Ness Labs
5 min read · Mar 25th · It started as a measure of efficiency for the production of goods and services. Somehow, along the way, many of us have become addicted to productivity.
The Guardian
The invisible addiction: is it time to give up caffeine?
The Guardian
~15 min read · 2021-07-06 · The long read: Caffeine makes us more energetic, efficient and faster. But we have become so dependent that we need it just to get to our baseline
Reader View · Shared by 462, including Jo Hemmings 🇺🇦, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Tim, Jane, Joanna (J.F.) Penn
Scientific American
The Healthy Addiction? Coffee Study Finds More Health Benefits
Scientific American
From 2019 · New research in mice details the mechanism of how caffeine seems to help the heart
Reader View · Shared by 231, including Peter Schmidhuber
Aeon+Psyche
Is ‘tech addiction’ really akin to drug addiction? Here’s what the research says
Aeon+Psyche
2 min read · From 2019 · Over the past two decades or so, industries have sprung up to treat ‘addictions’ to everything from excessive eating or sex to video games. And colloquially, use of the word ‘addictive’ seems to have…
Reader View · Shared by 123, including Timothy Lomauro, Nir Eyal, Niklaus Gerber, Larry G. Maguire 🇺🇦, Thomas Power, Josep M. Ganyet, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D.
The Verge
A philosopher explains how our addiction to stories keeps us from understanding history
The Verge
9 min read · From 2018 · How History Gets Things Wrong
Reader View · Shared by 81, including MIT Press, Dominik Grolimund, Amber Mac, Dr. A.S. Barwich
Guardian Tech
Nir Eyal on how to beat tech addiction: ‘We need a new skill set’
Guardian Tech
8 min read · From 2019 · The behavioural scientist has advised tech companies on how to get people hooked – now he’s telling us how to break the habit• Follow Eyal’s guide to avoiding digital distraction
Reader View · Shared by 162, including Sarah-Jayne Gratton, Dean Anthony Gratton, Thomas Power, Jonathan Kogan, zoeamar, Yvette Dubel, Nir Eyal
Atlassian
Work addiction is real – here’s how to kick the habit
Atlassian
9 min read · 2021-11-19 · Breaking a work addiction be a lot for some people, but, supervisors should also work to create a culture where true time off is valued.
Reader View · Shared by 156, including Stephanie A Kowalski, Phillip Murphy, Tim, Thomas Pleil
Guardian Tech
The machine always wins: what drives our addiction to social media
Guardian Tech
~16 min read · From 2019 · The long read: Social media was supposed to liberate us, but for many people it has proved addictive, punishing and toxic. What keeps us hooked?
Reader View · Shared by 149, including Ariane van der Veen, Rajesh Pancholi, Thomas Billeter, Ste Davies, Jane, luis antónio santos, Gary Thomas 🌐, Marsha Collier, Debbie Meier ✍️⚖️, 瑞拿頭, Shanna Peeples she/her 🏳️🌈, Bill Johnston, davidabrock, Dean Anthony Gratton, Stephanie A Kowalski, Rich Baird