We should probably all pin Carolyn’s video

Yes, really helps!

There might be interesting objects of addition that are (at least causally) proprietary to the internet, so maybe gambling isn’t such a case, but perhaps addition to information might be closely (causally) associated to the internet in such a way that the title

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“Internet addiction” is useful.

Forgive typos that first message was sent before I got a chance to edit.

I don’t know that people are addicted to information per se, but to the way that the information is delivered — and that’s proprietary to the internet

That is a nice way of putting it Becky. I like that.

I’ve wondered for a long time whether you could deliver completely meaningless nonsense in the exact same way and have the same addictive effects

I would doubt it; meaningfulness seems to be some sort of necessary prerec. for something to be addictive, at least in terms delivery of information. Is it information if meaningless?

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@Ryan We can test it — at the Colorless Green Ideas News Network

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Sadly I am not sure this work has helped me do less of that :(

noooo

Only after listening to Carolyn’s episode! :)

:)

Good clarification

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Your not part of the folk anymore :)

Unfortunately true

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Much better

Who’s doing the attending, then? :)