Dopamine 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

Dopamine 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.