Re:Solving Tech Addiction Is an Underappreciated Market Oppo...
by mbrock on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @01:58PM
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The internet is the most fascinating thing in the history of humanity. Of course you're "addicted" to it, why wouldn't you be? In the old days you would have been addicted to reading books, probably. Every second you're faced with the choice "should I do nothing in particular or should I reach into my pocket for the ultimate information entertainment device?" Why wouldn't you take a look at what the internet has to offer this minute? That might be a really interesting question to try to answer. Is there something else you'd rather be "addicted" to, some kind of less salty addiction, something more challenging?
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Re:Solving Tech Addiction Is an Underappreciated Market Oppo...
by twodave on Sunday October 14, 2018 @01:54PM
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Actually I was speaking about addiction more generally, but yes actually there are lots of other things to be addicted to. Sex, drugs and alcohol immediately come to mind. The Internet, while quite interesting and addictive in its own right, does not provide quite the same physical sensations. And often the choice isn't between "nothing in particular" and your vice of choice. Part of what makes an addiction harmful is that when faced with a choice between healthy relationships and your addictive vice, you choose the vice (and ultimately isolation, which works to increase the grip of your addiction).