Digital Addiction

Sometimes we joke about being too connected. For example I almost always have a Treo with me wherever I go. However that handy little tool can be taken to the extreme as pointed out in a recent New York Times article titled "It Don't Mean a Thing if You Ain't Got That Ping." In the article that appeared in the Sunday, April 22 edition, author Matt Richtel writes:

"Experts who study computer use say the stated yearning to stay abreast of things may mask more visceral and powerful needs, as many self-aware users themselves will attest. Seductive, nearly inescapable needs.

Some theorize that constant use becomes ritualistic physical behavior, even addiction, the absorption of nervous energy, like chomping gum."

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