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the article is about digital addictions, and not gambling or drugs.

The point of saying it's complicated isn't to dismiss the problem, but to invite a deeper understanding of the problem itself so as to be better equiped to help solve the underlying issue, rather than show up, guns blazing, and then not actually fix anything.



Well maybe we can agree that addiction is a form of escapism, and the question then becomes why do people want to escape their current situations?


which you'll bring back to "in general, it's about wealth inequality", except that plenty of poor people aren't addicts.

> For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.

-H.L. Mencken


H. L. Mencken? You sure about that one?


though the wording is different, https://quoteinvestigator.com/2016/07/17/solution/ says yes




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