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Ted Gioia

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Music critic and cultural historian, author of eleven books including Music: A Subversive History, who writes The Honest Broker on Substack about music, books, media and culture. His 2024 "State of the Culture" essay put the phrase "dopamine culture" into wide circulation.

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4 dated positions, 2024, in their own words. Our reading of what Ted Gioia has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingHalf of the ten largest companies in the world are in the business of making people's relationship with technology addictive.

    Their wordsIf you look at the 10 largest companies in the world, half of them are trying to create this addictive relationship to technology.

    ↗How to Break Free from Dopamine Culturehonest-broker.com 1st of 3 in this piece

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  3. Our readingThe technology platforms are not patrons of culture: their aim is addiction, because an addicted audience is the customer they want.

    Their wordsThey don’t want to find the next Michelangelo or Mozart. They want to create a world of junkies—because they will be the dealers.

    ↗The State of the Culture, 2024honest-broker.com 3rd of 6 in this piece

  5. Our readingThe executives building addictive platforms know what the harm is and build them anyway.

    Their wordsThe tech CEOs know this is harmful, but they do it anyway.

    ↗The State of the Culture, 2024honest-broker.com 5th of 6 in this piece

  7. Our readingCompulsive stimulation ends in anhedonia: the more a person leans on it the less pleasure it returns, until they use it only to avoid the pain of going without.

    Their wordsThe more addicts rely on these stimuli, the less pleasure they receive. At a certain point, this cycle creates anhedonia—the complete absence of enjoyment in an experience supposedly pursued for pleasure.

    ↗The State of the Culture, 2024honest-broker.com 6th of 6 in this piece