Why You Can't Stop Scrolling

You didn't choose to spend five hours a day on your phone. Some of the smartest people alive spent twenty years engineering you into this exact moment. From the slot machines that taught Silicon Valley about variable rewards, to infinite scroll, the like button, and the attention economy — this is how your phone was designed to be impossible to put down. Subscribe to Figure It Out for a new explainer every day. #scrolling #phoneaddiction #dopamine