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One of those old scares which seems a little quaint now, not because the fears were unfounded, but because the feared thing came to pass and is normal. Similar to old fears that family time would turn into TV time.
https://player.fm/series/build-for-tomorrow/you-are-not-addi...
> Dependents spent a M = 38.5, SD = 8.04 hours per week compared to Non-Dependents who spent M= 4.9, SD = 4.70 hours per week. Rookie numbers.
The SF is the standard deviation. The dependent group was spending 5.5 hours a day. Though I probably spend over 24 glowing rectangles-hours per day, soooo… https://www.theonion.com/report-90-of-waking-hours-spent-sta...
What's the solution to internet addiction? It's only seeming to get worse.
Rather just like we realized people need exercise, you just need to exercise the parts that you no longer need thanks to the internet.
What's the solution to internet addiction? It's only seeming to get worse.
I definitely recommend checking out your local public library, or going for a long walk in a nearby park. Don't take your phone. Allow yourself to be bored. Let your mind wander. Once you get over the weird feeling, and the anxiousness of not knowing what's been happening, you'll likely find that your mind amuses itself. I have a sneaky suspicion that relaxing in this way and encouraging that mental wandering grants…
It was also an ironic commentary on the overreach of addiction metaphors to encompass everything that existing social structures, especially established structures of productivity and wealth extraction, found disruptive.
In that sense, the advent of "internet addiction" as a frame of reference was also part of the internet moral panic, which itself was just another iteration of all technology panics that have accompanied every shift in communication technologies, including the TV, movies, radio, novels, and book printing (which was the original fake news panic).
So, grain of salt.
One of those old scares which seems a little quaint now, not because the fears were unfounded, but because the feared thing came to pass and is normal. Similar to old fears that family time would turn into TV time.
And in the meantime suicide and depression keep climbing
One of those old scares which seems a little quaint now, not because the fears were unfounded, but because the feared thing came to pass and is normal. Similar to old fears that family time would turn into TV time.