On: The Acceleration of Addictiveness

[rictic]

There's a word for a substitute that's more compelling than what it copies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernormal_Stimuli

[billswift → rictic]

There has been a lot of discussion of superstimuli on Less Wrong, here is an example that ties in fairly well with pg's essay Superstimuli and the Collapse of Western Civilization http://lesswrong.com/lw/h3/superstimuli_and_the_collapse_of_...