I find it interesting that there isn't an option on the table to just... not write addicting games. Similar to how we just can't not continue to improve on artificial intelligence, with limiters or without. Now that we know there is potential, it seems there is nothing preventing us from exercising our resourcefulness to pursue that potential.

Similar to the idea of UP, it seems we will continue optimizing all sorts of ideas to find ones that hold our attention the longest, until they expand to occupy all of our remaining free time. There is some kind of human instinct that encourages and validates this. I can't imagine it can realistically continue forever, though. The number of hours in a day is a hard physical constant.