Psychologist, Author
Adam Alter is a professor of marketing and psychology at New York University's Stern School of Business. His research and writing explore behavioural addiction, the psychology of naming, and how environmental cues shape decision making.
by Adam Alter
Alter examines how technology exploits the same hooks as gambling, variable rewards, social approval, escalating goals. Behavioural addiction is a designed feature, not a personal failing.
The books Adam Alter references, cites, and recommends most frequently.
by Daniel Kahneman
Kahneman reveals that our minds run on two systems: fast intuition and slow deliberation. Most errors in judgement come from trusting System 1 when the situation demands System 2's careful analysis.
by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Csikszentmihalyi identifies the state of total absorption where time vanishes and performance peaks. Flow is not random, it arises from clear goals, immediate feedback, and matched challenge.
Who Adam draws from, and who draws from Adam — aggregated across every book in this collection. Counts show the number of citation links, not the depth of each one.