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Ask HN: HN addiction anyone?
I feel like I have an addiction to HN. Every morning I read the first 300 news (skimming through and opening interesting titles) and then randomly (compulsively) opening again to see what's new. I also do it with music while drunk after the party sometimes. Anyone else feels like that?
- johnchristopher 13y agoDopamine bursts induced by information overload. Google for those keywords. Here's a broad overview of the topic from a pop-psy site: http://www.blog.theteamw.com/2009/11/07/100-things-you-should-know-about-people-8-dopamine-makes-us-addicted-to-seeking-information/ http://www.blog.theteamw.com/2009/11/07/100-things-you-shoul... http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/brain-wise/201209/why-were-all-addicted-texts-twitter-and-google http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/brain-wise/201209/why-we... Might be worth googling for `procrastination` as well.