Or better yet, how do you build another to displace it?<p>I'm looking specifically at the ones that prey on human "bugs" - casino, betting, but especially porn.<p>Maybe not even end an industry, but place some ethical limits, such as when someone starts harming himself you don't let him ruin his/her life, or when other people are exploited (i.e. human trafficking).<p>Has anyone had similar curiosities?
The habit loop: cue (trigger) > routine > reward.<p>You can't easily change the cue and reward, but you can change the routine.<p>Cues can be really tricky. Something like pornography is rarely triggered by horniness. It's often things like fatigue, stress, being alone in a room, seeing someone in a certain type of clothing.<p>Reward can also be very tricky. For pornography, it's often an orgasm. For gambling, it's winning money. It's not easy to replace these rewards with say, a game.<p>What you can do is change the routine easily. For example, someone triggered to look at porn might instead look for his wife. Someone triggered to gamble could trade stocks or cryptocurrency instead.<p>There's also always been a "boredom" black hole that has been displaced by newspaper, TV, IRC, Netflix, forums, Facebook, Reddit and so on. These things run on the same cue/routine and are easy to displace.
Interesting question<p>We know how to disrupt an industry (paper maps->google map, cd music -> spotify, etc) but to "end" a business means to reroute a human need/weakness toward something better (healthier, creative, etc)<p>In my country, the Slow Food Movement by Carlo Petrini successfully "ended" the Fast Food industry in the 80', by promoting the culture of good food.<p>As we're living times of technological solutions, I'd invest my time building an artificial mentor, a conscious entity that learns ethics from us and helps us to make good use of our life.<p>ej
This is a very disturbing question. Why do you want control over other people, especially with regard to casinos, betting, and porn? All of those are consensual indulgences.<p>What is an ethical limit and who decides where the line is drawn?
> I'm looking specifically at the ones that prey on human "bugs" - casino, betting, but especially porn.<p>These have existed since the beginning of humans. Would be easier to just end people instead.