Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 2nd August 2016

Dilbert//9971, first published ten years ago on Tuesday 2nd August 2016

Addictive Apps

Tags

technology, app, zombie, mindlessness, cell phone, marketing, business

Official transcript

Boss: Our plan is to use design psychology to make our apps more addictive. Ideally, we want to strip people of their free will and turn them into mindless upgrading zombies. Dilbert: I'd feel better if we called that "marketing."

Boss: I need you to be more mindless, too.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

OUR PLAN IS TO USE DESIGN PSYCHOLOGY TO MAKE OUR APPS MORE ADDICTIVE.

IDEALLY, WE WANT TO STRIP PEOPLE OF THEIR FREE WILL AND TURN THEM INTO MINDLESS UPGRADING ZOMBIES.

I'D FEEL BETTER IF WE CALLED THAT "MARKETING." I NEED YOU TO BE MORE MINDLESS TOO.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "The Dark Side of Free Will"

Summary:

• The comic strip, originally published in Dilbert, revolves around a conversation between two characters, one of whom is the boss and the other a subordinate.
• The boss expresses a desire to "strip people of their free will and turn them into mindless upgrading zombies" by using design psychology to make apps more addictive.
• The subordinate responds with irony, saying, "I need you to be more mindless too."
• The comic strip humorously highlights the tension between individual freedom and the allure of free or low-cost products that often come with strings attached.

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