In The Rear View Mirror, Constantly Looking Down

The most dangerous driver on the road is the dopamine addict using a phone to find material to react against and crudely simulate social communication by indicating approval and feeling jealousy.

Addicts reveal monstrous appetites for whatever controls them. It burrows into their bones and makes a parasitical home, demanding to be frequently fed with powder, pills, ballgames, or another click on the screen.

Addictions kill not so much by the qualities of their substance as by unseating the normal behavior that abstains from nonsense.