> this form of economic activity wants us to waste more and more time, creates addictive mechanisms, artificial anger and so on. Yes, that's true as well. I'm

> this form of economic activity wants us to waste more and more time, creates addictive mechanisms, artificial anger and so on. Yes, that's true as well. I'm reminded of PG's essay on addiction: http://paulgraham.com/addiction.html http://paulgraham.com/addiction.html I think that it takes time for new social norms to evolve that counteract the new forms of addiction that technology throws up. But it is happening. Just look at all the people who complain about Facebook, for example.