The Dopamine Dealers
How Big Tech hijacked human motivation.
Deep research nonfiction / attention economy and persuasive technology · 22,406 words · 8 chapters.
What this sample demonstrates
- Turns a culturally charged consumer problem into a complete nonfiction book
- Concrete attention-economy mechanisms: scroll loops, likes, notifications, dark UX
- Strong reader hook without publisher-meta framing
Excerpt
_How Big Tech Hijacked Human Motivation_ By **Teneo** **Signal Behavior Press** Copyright (c) 2026 by Teneo. All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. **Publisher's Note:** This book is published for general informational and educational purposes. It is not legal, financial, medical, veterinary, investment, or other licensed professional advice. Readers should verify important decisions with qualified professionals and primary sources. Teneo is a publishing and research studio focused on making complex systems legible through complete nonfiction books. Signal Behavior Press publishes investigative nonfiction on attention, technology, incentives, and personal agency. You’ve found yourself here before—phone in hand, thumb twitching, screen alive with color and motion. You tell yourself it’s just for a minute. Thirty-seven minutes later, you surface, dazed, with a