A programmer lamenting lack of interpersonal interactions... there's hope for the world, or at least for you. The addiction isn't the screen, it's the stimulat

A programmer lamenting lack of interpersonal interactions... there's hope for the world, or at least for you. The addiction isn't the screen, it's the stimulation of being a voyeur on the actions of others. This is not a new phenomenon, just that the screen opens a window that would, in the past, have required a lot more physical travel, time, cost, etc. Now they can be lazy voyeurs essentially for free. Whether or not this is progress is a good question.