A friend of mine at Google is considering moving to another team or leaving because he's concerned about how addictive YouTube has become. Apparently it's a real discussion internally: is YouTube doing more harm than good?

To me, it seems that we're in a precarious position. I wonder what happens when we reach the limits of dopamine saturation, if there is such a thing. Otherwise, it seems Huxley was right -- "man’s almost infinite appetite for distractions" is a dangerous thing.

> The entire internet is being optimized to either outrage you or sexually arouse you as quickly as possible.

I absolutely hate how accurate this is. It feels more and more that the optimization and efficiencies are making the internet less useful but more addictive.

Or both, as in the case of Netflix's new semi-child abuse documentary.