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"Addiction" is a term with a very specific medical (psychological) definition: broadly, a compulsive behavior that negatively impacts your life. I don't see where you have addressed a link between entrepreneurship and compulsion, or negative life impact. Can you elaborate.

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It was meant to be interpretive. And, the implications of 'addiction' in this case weren't necessarily negative.

Generally, I find the entrepreneurial process addictive in the sense that it fills an emotional need (neither good or bad) that more structured areas of business leave empty.

Palahniuk removes layers from his characters to make this point. I think entrepreneurship accomplishes something similar with business.

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