We're learning more about the craving that fuels self-defeating habits
tl;dr the thesis is that addiction is a learning process of reinforcing behavior->reward understanding. Targeted magnetic pulses look to be capable of altering the chemistry of the neural pathways where this understanding lives.<p>The article also notes how increasingly more behaviors are treated as addictions. Korea provides government subsidized gaming addiction treatment, which I think is interesting to consider if we are physically altering destructive behavioral patterns to reprogram people
 Where will the limits be? Might a workaholic be treated? What about junk food, smart phones? An adolescent with a history of getting kicks out of tormenting others? Fanatical racists or nationalists?<p>On another note, there are other theories about addiction to supplement this one: <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ao8L-0nSYzg" rel="nofollow">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ao8L-0nSYzg</a>