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Internet addiction seems to be the elephant in the room of modern culture. Whole families are addicted, but it's not talked about. Not to mention the more, shal
by Tycho 16y ago
Internet addiction seems to be the elephant in the room of modern culture. Whole families are addicted, but it's not talked about. Not to mention the more, shall we say, illicit side of the 'net.
That said, TV and newspapers are arguably just as bad (or worse) and they've been around for ages. So that's... reassuring.
However I think the iPad an iPhone are good in the sense that they remove the social isolation involved with logging onto the net.
- patrickk 16y ago"That said, TV and newspapers are arguably just as bad (or worse)....." How are newspapers as bad or worse than internet addiction? You don't have most of the members of a family going off to read newspapers in different parts of the house.
- Tycho 16y agoNewspapers are like the internet in that every single day people waste an hour or more of their life reading them. They also clutter your living room and raise your carbon footprint. And also... reading the Daily Mail or The Guardian everyday can't be good for you! Realistically they're not as bad as TV or the net though.