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Addicted to Information?

Posted by michael on from the metafilter dept.

SiMac writes "According to this New York Times article, two Harvard faculty members say that information causes a "dopamine squirt" in humans, a rush similar to that given by narcotics. Just as narcotics are addictive, information is as well. They've given the disorder of information addiction the name 'pseudo-ADD' because it tends to cause somewhat ADD-like symptoms."

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  1. Re:At the local ADDA Meeting... by bgeiger · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Me: Hi, I'm Ben, and I'm... oooh, shiny toy!

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