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Hacker News reading can be an especially pernicious and problematic addiction. Seriously, often in the startup world I find software engineers with TODO lists s
by m0llusk 8y ago
Hacker News reading can be an especially pernicious and problematic addiction. Seriously, often in the startup world I find software engineers with TODO lists spanning space and time compulsively reading and scanning the HN front page. Oh, look: cannabis users addicted, dopamine rush. Altruistic punishment means an immediate boost to social status and opportunities for bonding. So who exactly is addicted to what again?
- alex7o 8y agoYou know theoretically you can be addicted to anything, and sometimes one addiction can help with another one.
- DanBC 8y agoAre you preoccupied by HN when you're doing something else? Do you seek HN when it's not available? Is using HN causing you harm but you continue to use it? If you don't answer "yes" to each of these you're not "addicted" to HN.