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April 23, 2012 05:18 am GMT

The Billion Dollar Mind Trick

2961565820_3d59b7bdfbYin asked not to be identified by her real name. A young addict in her mid-twenties, she lives in Palo Alto and, despite her addiction, attends Stanford University. She has all the composure and polish youd expect of a student at a prestigious school, yet she succombs to her habit throughout the day. She cant help it; shes compulsively hooked.Yin is an Instagram addict. The photo sharing social network, recently purchased by Facebook for $1 billion, captured the minds of Yin and 40 million others like her. The acquisition demonstrates the increasing importance -- and immense value created by -- habit-forming technologies

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