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To Break Bad Habits, Be The Lion
Nice analogy...
http://www.addictionandsubtraction.com/to-break-bad-habits-be-the-lion/
Tags: addiction, game, habits, motivation, psychology, procrastination, 2011, addiction-and-subtraction.com, homepage, recovery Saved by: admin at 24 Mar 2011
Nice analogy...
http://www.addictionandsubtraction.com/to-break-bad-habits-be-the-lion/
Tags: addiction, game, habits, motivation, psychology, procrastination, 2011, addiction-and-subtraction.com, homepage, recovery Saved by: admin at 24 Mar 2011
BBC News - Alcohol 'more harmful than heroin' says Prof David Nutt
"...the study involved 16 criteria, including a drug's affects on users' physical and mental health, social harms including crime, "family adversities" and environmental damage, economic costs and "in... Read more
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11660210
Tags: drugs, health, alcohol, science, addiction, bbc, news, culture, policy, politics Saved by: admin at 02 Nov 2010
"...the study involved 16 criteria, including a drug's affects on users' physical and mental health, social harms including crime, "family adversities" and environmental damage, economic costs and "in... Read more
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11660210
Tags: drugs, health, alcohol, science, addiction, bbc, news, culture, policy, politics Saved by: admin at 02 Nov 2010
The Acceleration of Addictiveness
Sounds pretty eccentric, doesn't it? It always will when you're trying to solve problems where there are no customs yet to guide you. Maybe I can't plead Occam's razor; maybe I'm simply eccentric. But... Read more
http://paulgraham.com/addiction.html
Tags: addiction, culture, psychology, internet, technology, philosophy, health, paulgraham, acceleration, attention Saved by: admin at 28 Jul 2010
Sounds pretty eccentric, doesn't it? It always will when you're trying to solve problems where there are no customs yet to guide you. Maybe I can't plead Occam's razor; maybe I'm simply eccentric. But... Read more
http://paulgraham.com/addiction.html
Tags: addiction, culture, psychology, internet, technology, philosophy, health, paulgraham, acceleration, attention Saved by: admin at 28 Jul 2010
Your Brain on Computers - Attached to Technology and Paying a Price - NYTimes.com
Scientists say juggling e-mail, phone calls and other incoming information can change how people think and behave. They say our ability to focus is being undermined by bursts of information. These pla... Read more
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/07/technology/07brain.html
Tags: technology, brain, internet, psychology, culture, attention, addiction, health, productivity, cognitive Saved by: admin at 08 Jun 2010
Scientists say juggling e-mail, phone calls and other incoming information can change how people think and behave. They say our ability to focus is being undermined by bursts of information. These pla... Read more
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/07/technology/07brain.html
Tags: technology, brain, internet, psychology, culture, attention, addiction, health, productivity, cognitive Saved by: admin at 08 Jun 2010
The little pill that could cure alcoholism | Society | The Observer
Ameisen already suspected that – contrary to Alcoholics Anonymous's belief in a physical condition with a spiritual solution, and the opinion of most therapists and even psychiatrists – the cause ... Read more
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/may/09/alcoholism-health-doctor-addiction-drug
Tags: addiction, health, medicine, alcoholism, drugs, alcohol, cure, guardian, science, via:packrati.us Saved by: admin at 10 May 2010
Ameisen already suspected that – contrary to Alcoholics Anonymous's belief in a physical condition with a spiritual solution, and the opinion of most therapists and even psychiatrists – the cause ... Read more
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/may/09/alcoholism-health-doctor-addiction-drug
Tags: addiction, health, medicine, alcoholism, drugs, alcohol, cure, guardian, science, via:packrati.us Saved by: admin at 10 May 2010
I'm quitting the Internet. Will I be liberated or left behind? (1) - By James Sturm - Slate Magazine
Over the last several years, the Internet has evolved from being a distraction to something that feels more sinister. Even when I am away from the computer I am aware that I AM AWAY FROM MY COMPUTER a... Read more
http://www.slate.com/id/2249562/entry/2249563/
Tags: internet, addiction, comics, culture, health, toread, web, carr, cartoon, convergence Saved by: admin at 09 Apr 2010
Over the last several years, the Internet has evolved from being a distraction to something that feels more sinister. Even when I am away from the computer I am aware that I AM AWAY FROM MY COMPUTER a... Read more
http://www.slate.com/id/2249562/entry/2249563/
Tags: internet, addiction, comics, culture, health, toread, web, carr, cartoon, convergence Saved by: admin at 09 Apr 2010
Video games: the addiction | From the Observer | The Observer
Here the horror of the situation is refracted in an entirely different manner, which allows the understanding that GTA IV is an engine of a far more intimate process of implication. While on his foul ... Read more
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2010/mar/21/tom-bissell-video-game-cocaine-addiction
Tags: games, drugs, addiction, writing, gaming, videogames, culture, gta, cocaine, gta4 Saved by: admin at 27 Mar 2010
Here the horror of the situation is refracted in an entirely different manner, which allows the understanding that GTA IV is an engine of a far more intimate process of implication. While on his foul ... Read more
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2010/mar/21/tom-bissell-video-game-cocaine-addiction
Tags: games, drugs, addiction, writing, gaming, videogames, culture, gta, cocaine, gta4 Saved by: admin at 27 Mar 2010
Anti-Social Media: A Rising Rebellion Against Web 2.0? - DailyFinance
So is this the beginning of a long-awaited social media backlash? The New York Times published a lengthy article this month on teens who have either limited their use of Facebook or completely rejecte... Read more
http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/anti-social-media-a-rising-rebellion-against-web-2-0/19299590
Tags: socialmedia, web2.0, socialnetworking, facebook, internet, social, twitter, suicide, socialnetwork, addiction Saved by: admin at 05 Jan 2010
So is this the beginning of a long-awaited social media backlash? The New York Times published a lengthy article this month on teens who have either limited their use of Facebook or completely rejecte... Read more
http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/anti-social-media-a-rising-rebellion-against-web-2-0/19299590
Tags: socialmedia, web2.0, socialnetworking, facebook, internet, social, twitter, suicide, socialnetwork, addiction Saved by: admin at 05 Jan 2010
The World of Tomorrow (If The Internet Disappeared Today) | Cracked.com
"Cracked hosted a photoshop contest asking their users to imagine if the hordes of internet addicted were suddenly left without their fix, how would the world change?"
http://www.cracked.com/photoshop_90_the-world-tomorrow-if-internet-disappeared-today/
Tags: internet, funny, humor, photoshop, culture, technology, fun, future, web2.0, addiction Saved by: admin at 23 Oct 2009
"Cracked hosted a photoshop contest asking their users to imagine if the hordes of internet addicted were suddenly left without their fix, how would the world change?"
http://www.cracked.com/photoshop_90_the-world-tomorrow-if-internet-disappeared-today/
Tags: internet, funny, humor, photoshop, culture, technology, fun, future, web2.0, addiction Saved by: admin at 23 Oct 2009
Cookie Monster Searches Deep Within Himself and Asks: Is Me Really Monster?
An essay by the Cookie Monster asking the question if his love of cookies really makes him a monster, or if that his title may be a tad too harsh.
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2006/5/5bryan.html
Tags: society, sesame, street, essay, cookie, monster, addiction Saved by: admin at 29 Jun 2009
An essay by the Cookie Monster asking the question if his love of cookies really makes him a monster, or if that his title may be a tad too harsh.
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2006/5/5bryan.html
Tags: society, sesame, street, essay, cookie, monster, addiction Saved by: admin at 29 Jun 2009