When bored by your present, you’re primed for addiction. Any #addiction. Social media, food, #shopping, tourism, #art galleries and drugs (alcohol, #opioids…)
Environmental enrichment decreases intravenous self-administration of amphetamine in rats:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11432690/
“When engagement is your only metric [as it is for Facebook], you’re going to end up re-inventing #addiction” — Keith Adams / @keithmadams (ex-Facebook)
This is how #depression, #anxiety and ensuing drug #addiction may look like on the outside. pic.twitter.com/K51MdV0mJe
Facebook, Instagram, Tinder infinite scroll your #social attention needs into #addiction… like slot machines: youtube.com/watch?v=JgkvTR…
Scary but true. Our #brain is hard-wired for unhealthy, constant information seeking: slate.com/id/2224932/pa… The web only worsens #addiction.
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