My guest today is Nir Eyal, an educator, author, and entrepreneur who is all about connecting psychology, technology, and business.

The topic is his book Hooked: How To Build Habit Forming Products.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

• How behavior and habits can be engineered, and how technology changes our behavior
• The moral implications of habit forming activities
• The difference between habits and addictions
• Breaking “the hook”
• The four areas that “the hook” goes through: trigger, action, variable reward, and investment
• The IKEA example and how value can be built
• Eyal’s mentors and influences
• The importance of social feedback from your community
• The WhatsApp deal, and how to deal with your “insane jealousy” of the messaging app deal
• Getting equal pay for equal work, and how that might be embedded in our DNA
• The importance of interface changes when it comes to revolutionary changes in technology

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