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Adam Alter is a marketing author who also teaches at New York University Stern School of Business. Early life Adam moved with his family from South Africa to Australia in the 1980s. Education and work Alter obtained a scholarship to study actuarial science at the University of New South Wales, but switched to psychology and law.Alter earned his Bachelor of Science from University of New South Wales and M.A. and Ph.D at Princeton University.His book Irresistible (2017) has received positive reviews by the Chicago Tribune, saying it "explores the roots of our tech addiction," The Washington Post saying "enjoyable yet alarming," Publishers Weekly and The Guardian, saying "illuminating on the ways that designers engineer behavioral addiction." In an interview with The New York Times, Alter pointed out that many "Silicon Valley titans refuse to let their kids near certain devices" and that was his motivation to write the book. Speaking to the APA Monitor, Alter revealed his from his conversations with other psychologists, he learned that communicating via electronic devices had become the default option for many young people, a fact that contributes to their mental problems. He told The New Yorker that the parents and teenagers he surveyed generally expressed unease with social media, in part because they faced peer pressure to use it. Media appearances In August 2017, Alter appeared on the PBS Newshour explaining why smartphones can be so addictive and why it is worth reducing usage. Publications Alter, Adam L. Drunk Tank Pink: And Other Unexpected Forces That Shape How We Think, Feel, and Behave. Penguin Press, 2013. ISBN 978-0143124931. Alter, Adam L. Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked. Penguin Press, 2017. ISBN 978-0735222847. Alter, Adam L. Anatomy of a Breakthrough: How to Get Unstuck When it Matters Most. Simon and Schuster, 2023. ISBN 1982182989.References External links Why our screens make us less happy. TED Talk. August 1, 2017.. Discover the Adam Alter popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Adam Alter books.

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    80s Chart-Toppers

    Sharon Davis

    The '80s were a decade of musical change. As the '70s disco stranglehold was broken, rock, gay, dance and pop music competed with funk and soul, romantic ballads and political prot...

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    The Nineties

    John Robb

    IF YOU REMEMBER THE NINETIES...YOU WERE THERE!The Rock 'N' Roll Fifties. The Swinging Sixties. The trashy Seventies. The moneygrabbing Eighties. There is a neat bunch of clichés fo...

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    One Last Dance

    Emma Jane Holmes

    A sassy, heartbreaking and jawdropping memoir of life behind the scenes in a funeral home and strip club, written with all the panache, honesty and sensitivity of Rosie Waterland's...

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    More Than 60 Ways To Make Your Life Amazing

    Lynda Field

    From the bestselling author of 60 Ways to feel Amazing comes this highly practical and inspirational guide for women who want to live life to the full. Whatever the issues are in y...

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    Self-Esteem For Women

    Lynda Field

    In this original and thoughtprovoking guide, Lynda Field shows how to recognise and alter your negative selfbeliefs. By using a mixture of visualization techniques, positive affirm...

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    Drunk Tank Pink

    Adam Alter

    A New York Times bestseller! A revelatory look at how our environment unconsciously yet dramatically shapes the judgments and decisions we make every dayMost of us go through ...