The nuance here is that people are stimulated by different things. For example, I simply don’t find video games stimulating. I didn’t grow up with them and I n

The nuance here is that people are stimulated by different things. For example, I simply don’t find video games stimulating. I didn’t grow up with them and I never got into them. I’d sooner talk to a human being than play a video game any day. However, I find books SIGNIFICANTLY more stimulating than social interaction. (Go figure, lol). I agree with your mental model that humans are social creatures and that if something is more stimulating than social interaction it is likely to be harmful. The nuance is that for some people — like me — video games are LESS stimulating than social interaction, while books are MORE stimulating. That’s why for me personally video games don’t harm me but books — according to your model — do. Brains are weird. I self-medicate with words and sentences. Am I a “book addict” like some people are “video game addicts”? Or am I just a relatively bookish individual? or both? I think both :) -non-recovered book addict in the tortured throes of a relapse on literature