9 month ago
adamrg : Why We're Powerless To Resist Grazing on Endless Web Data - Evidently I'm addicted to my own brain chemicals. Who knew?
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12 month ago
deusx : Joho the Blog: My addiction - "I myself have been showing disturbing signs of being compulsively human."
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16 month ago
deusx : CRACKED.com - World of Warcraft: A 12-Step Program - "Maybe we can combat it the same way people combat alcohol addiction. Guildmaster, please give us the standard 12-step program so we can examine it."
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18 month ago
wearehugh : Before Prohibition: Images from the preprohibition era
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21 month ago
jimray : Is Twitter TOO good? - Twitter, like video games and even blogging, definitely has addictive qualities.
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21 month ago
plasticbag : I'm a bit annoyed by this article on 'technology addiction' - Are people addicted to the alphabet? The plough? Paper-making? Light bulbs? Technology addiction is such a lazy and reactionary phrase. The thing to be concerned about is human data processing and attention, if anything...
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23 month ago
plasticbag : The Daedalus Project talks about the use of addiction metaphors in relation to gaming - I'm definitely guilty of this, although I don't see too much difference between arguing that it is possible to become addicted to gaming and that it is possible to be addicted to gambling. But the point is taken and well-meant...
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23 month ago
plasticbag : Nick Yee writes about MMORPG 'addiction' and correlated behaviour and feeling with behaviour that an actual addictive substance might generate... - "The claims that MMORPGs are completely healthy or completely addictive are both extreme to the point of absurdity, and are not supported by the empirical data provided"
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23 month ago
43folders : Contingency Management - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - After while, most everything starts to seem like a function of Economics -- down to deciding how much it's worth to quit meth. Fascinating.
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26 month ago
43folders : Dropping the addiction that is irc - "As of last night at 2 am I am attempting to drop my addiction." [via:Anarchaia.org]
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26 month ago
Nelson Minar : WoW addiction danger - Very direct story from someone who quit
Andy Baio : The View from the Top - hardcore World of Warcraft junkie breaks his addiction and writes about it [via]
jimray : Quitting WoW - World of Warcraft addict walks away and tells his tale
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27 month ago
Paul Hammond : Mind Hacks: Why email is addictive (and what to do about it) - Checking email is a behaviour that has variable interval reinforcement. Sometimes, but not everytime, the behaviour produces a reward
philgyford : Mind Hacks: Why email is addictive (and what to do about it) - I've got this bad. I need to replace my Apple-M habit with Apple-Q. (via Yoz)
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28 month ago
wearehugh : Jeffrey Zeldman Presents : Hi, Mom! - "People emerge from addiction like newborns."
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28 month ago
Rod Begbie : Addiction is... - A discussion the other day reminded me of this post by Mark Pilgrim from 2001, and re-reading it, damn if it isn't one of the best things ever written in the name of "blogging". #
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35 month ago
gleuschk : Davenetics* : Did the Internet Destroy Me? - Did * turn me into an addict, or did I just have an addictive personality that made * seem pretty damn fun?
Rod Begbie : Davenetics* : Did the Internet Destroy Me? - I wonder about this too. If I wasn't permanently wired in to the cybermatrix, would I have any attention span? [via] #
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40 month ago
kayodeok : Internet Addiction Test - I scored 84: " Your Internet usage is causing significant problems in your life. You should evaluate the impact of the Internet on your life and address the problems directly caused by your Internet usage"
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