[M]any creators of digital platforms have studied psychology. Their
goal has been to eat up more and more of our days. Through persuasive
design, they've worked to manipulate human behavior. After all, the
attention economy is wildly lucrative. Our attention is the currency;
it's what we pay to use these platforms for free. It's also finite, so
there's limited supply and great demand. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings
once said his company's number one competitor was sleep. "And, we're
winning!"