The feeds businesses design to be addictive are obstacles to anyone whose aim is to make something.

Addiction Compulsive use that continues through the harm it causes — and the argument about whether it is a disease, a choice, or a response to pain.

design How things should be made and judged: what makes a design good, who should do the designing, and what an interface is for.

social media Feeds and the platforms that rank them: what an algorithm decides is important, and what curating your own sources costs.