The Goon Squad, by Daniel Kolitz

From these companies’ perspective, the ideal consumer would do literally nothing but goon, lose at gambling, and maybe watch other people play video games. You can try to fight this. You can read a book, pet a dog, buy a stupid box to lock away your phone. You can make a joke about the box, about the absurdity of your need for it. What do these companies care? They’ve won. If they have their way—and they usually do—in time we will all be gooners, of a kind.
— Read on harpers.org/archive/2025/11/the-goon-squad-daniel-kolitz-porn-masturbation-loneliness/