[HN Gopher] The modern economy is built on addiction (2021)
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       The modern economy is built on addiction (2021)
        
       Author : HeckFeck
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2022-03-06 20:00 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | sam_letter wrote:
       | There is some truths to this but there is way more to the modern
       | economy than addiction. What about electric cars, rockets,
       | crypto, cloud, AI...?
        
         | zoover2020 wrote:
         | All highly addictive. Try an EV, trust me.
        
         | siskiyou wrote:
         | If by "crypto" you mean cryptocurrency, it's an often addictive
         | form of gambling, like many modern types of investing can be.
        
       | siskiyou wrote:
       | Topical book recommendation: The Space Merchants
        
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