Computer Addiction or Just Modern Life?

Ant writes to tell us that ABC News has an interesting look at computer addiction and what it might take to be considered addicted in today's society. From the article: "Video games and the Internet have been subject to suspicion since the computer became a household fixture. One complaint: People get sucked into spending enormous amounts of time on the computer, to the detriment of other parts of their life. But are they addicted? The answer depends on what you mean by 'addicted.' Most experts say computers are not addictive in the same sense that drugs are, but they could be on the same level as gambling."

Comments

Re:problem?

[hikikomori]

time is your 6th sense, the wierd ones are 7+

I always thought of the balance / acceleration-sense as the sixth one. Maybe that's what connects us into external rhythms, such as the moon's cycle, music and others. Sense of time... do we sense time like it is a discrete quantta of something like an energy, or do we sense change and call that time? Maybe its a modified kinesthetic sense... It's definitely some sort of sense.

Re:problem?

[An Ominous Cow Aired]

Valentine's day is for the poor souls who are not nerds. It has something to do with "increasing your chances of gettin' some". Obviously not something we should know or care about. Move along.