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In practice I would draw the line at things that are mostly consumed by addicts. So I'd have no problem being a vintner, but I wouldn't want to be a heroin manufacturer, even if it were legal.

There are various edge cases you'd have to treat individually-- e.g. if the median user wasn't an addict but all your revenues came from the addicts. In that case, again, I probably wouldn't want to do it.



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Speaking as someone that worked at one of Zynga's main competitors, I can assure you that industry makes 90% of its revenue off 10% of its users. It's a mental addiction to simulated success.

Mark Pilgrim kindly requests that you get your own word: http://twitter.com/diveintomark/statuses/19715440495

This one is taken: http://addictionis.org/


Handbags at dawn.

Is Mark Pilgrim a big shot in the 'addiction' community or something? I am probably stumbling ignorantly into something by asking that question.


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