This is one of those things that's obvious once you hear it, but otherwise might not ever cross your mind: **Things that are easy to get are also easy to get addicted to.** If it's hard to obtain X, then fewer people are likely to become addicted to X. The book (thus far at least) stops short of outright saying ease of access is **causally linked** to [[addiction]], but I think that's in this case a pretty safe bet. Juxtapose this with things that have become incredibly easy to access: - [[Processed Foods|ultraprocessed foods]] - social media - gambling - pornography - so-called "rage bait" & "doom scrolling" It's no wonder we as a society have issues with these things. Also: it's the [[System Traps#Tragedy of the Commons|tragedy of the commons]]. **** # More ## Source - [[Dopamine Nation]]