## Metadata - Author: [[Benn Stancil]] - Full Title:: Pure Heroin - Category:: #🗞️Articles - URL:: https://benn.substack.com/p/pure-heroin - Read date:: [[2025-12-20]] ## Highlights > And now, we have TikTok: The sharp edge of the evolutionary tree; the final product of a trillion-dollar lab experiment; the culmination of a million A/B tests. There was no enlightenment; there was a [hedonistic experience machine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experience_machine). ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kcxcr9ww9hr42bg19g40c2af)) > Most of the questions users asked ChatGPT, though, didn’t take advantage of those types of improvements. … > Much of the time, ChatGPT users are “probably asking about pretty simple things, like movie ratings, where you wouldn’t need a model to think for half an hour.” ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kcxqkq6tr59bc40tn34k8aeg)) > We know the dangers of rewiring society on top of technologies that are optimized to be perpetually engaging. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kcxr4g2qmvpfyyj51a54sv74))