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586. How Does the Lost World of Vienna Still Shape Our Lives?

Freakonomics Radio

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The Viennese Legacy in Addiction and Regulation

In the last 15 years, there has been an observable rise in digital addiction from news, gossip, online communities, and games. The speaker raises the question of whether Viennese individuals were influential in teaching modern society how to create addictive content. The speaker speculates that if individuals from the Viennese era were alive today, they would have been deeply involved in understanding and regulating addiction, despite their reputation as advocates of industry regulation.

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