Adam Alter

Authors & Journalists · Irresistible (book)

Author of Irresistible, part of the wider tech-criticism reading list behind this library's case against unchecked platform design.

Adam Alter is part of the secondary tier of technology critics the Evidence Library draws on for wider context. His book, Irresistible, is grouped among a broader body of critical writing on how technology products and apps are designed to capture attention. Alongside Jaron Lanier, Roger McNamee, Max Fisher, Cal Newport, Sherry Turkle, and Nicholas Carr, his work rounds out the case this library makes for rethinking how platforms are designed and who they affect.