Internet Addiction
Today’s news in Netscape included an article about Internet Addiction from CNN.com. The article tries to assert that internet addiction is a fact, but it struggles to do so, since there is no real evidence to suggest that it is. The term they use is “clinically addictive.” The article states:
Red flags should start flying, however, if time spent vanquishing electronic enemies or keeping up on e-mail results in reprimands from your employer and arguments with loved ones.
Which is true for anything. Addicts can be addicted to -anything-, whether it is the internet, or television, or anything else. At least the article admits this much. You’d think that, after ten years, the paranoia about the internet would settle down some.
Anyway, my three gratitudes for the day are
1. My new flat-screen monitor
2. Christmas at home
3. Leftover lasagne.
