The issue tends to get muddied throwing everything in together. While I'm not sure if the "addiction" or "dopamine hit" ideas are correct. Video games, social media, computer use, etc., can all be built into an unhealthy habit in your life. If you're playing games 18 hours a...
The whole concept of 'internet addiction' started out in the 90s as a way of satirizing overly broad concepts of 'addiction' in psychiatry.
Here's a helpful 3 minute video on the state of the 'tech addiction'/'dopamine hit' research, from @ShuhBillSkeehttps://twitter.com/ShuhBillSkee/status/1151481347413880833 …
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...day and it hurts your relationships and finances, I think there's clearly an issue.
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The biggest issue I see is not if an activity can be addictive, but if the activity in question is the root of the maladaptive use or some other underlying issue.
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In my opinion (and I understand this is not the best approach for such a topic), addiction is any uncontrollable behaviour that makes us give up on objectively/biologically good things. Technology reduces good conversations, books, sex, intimacy, sleep... The list is long.
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