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> Screens are very unlike addictive drugs and cannot directly alter neurochemistry Screens are able to show you things which give you small short dopamine hits
by alt227 9mo ago
> Screens are very unlike addictive drugs and cannot directly alter neurochemistry
Screens are able to show you things which give you small short dopamine hits, enough to keep you engaged enough to try get more. This is exactly how addictive drugs, gambling etc all work.
- skirge 9mo agoor tv which was fine for years.
- alt227 9mo agoTV is not 100% curated for your personal tastes based on your previous interactions. It was fine for years because it was a generic service in which everybody was forced to view the same content in the same way. They are very very different things.
- rjh29 9mo agoIt's not fine at all? Before social media the average was 28 hours a week of viewing per person, obviously a non negligible percent of people watch TV for 100% of their free time. Modern social media is even more addictive - always with you even when you're not home, short form, customized to your tastes, you can skip videos so you no longer need to feel any pain at all.