Comments on: Computers and “real life” http://www.wayofthemind.org/2005/08/02/computers-and-real-life/ Sat, 26 Feb 2011 12:19:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Dehumanizer http://www.wayofthemind.org/2005/08/02/computers-and-real-life/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Dehumanizer Wed, 03 Aug 2005 09:18:24 +0000 http://www.dehumanizer.com/wayofthemind/?p=22#comment-49 Thanks for the comments, but you both misunderstood my point. I only mentioned addiction in one paragraph, where I mentioned a real case where the use of computers could be harmful - in the case of addiction, but even then it's not really about "computers", but about the addiction itself. But the whole rest of the article wasn't about addiction, it was about the error (which I've seen several people do) of blaming computers for one's lack of social skills and social life, and repudiating them as an easy scapegoat. People who do so weren't addicted in the first place, they just had a hobby - and then, at a particular time, they suddenly cried <i>"I don't have a life! And it's all those pesky computers' fault!"</i> Thanks for the comments, but you both misunderstood my point. I only mentioned addiction in one paragraph, where I mentioned a real case where the use of computers could be harmful – in the case of addiction, but even then it’s not really about “computers”, but about the addiction itself.

But the whole rest of the article wasn’t about addiction, it was about the error (which I’ve seen several people do) of blaming computers for one’s lack of social skills and social life, and repudiating them as an easy scapegoat. People who do so weren’t addicted in the first place, they just had a hobby – and then, at a particular time, they suddenly cried “I don’t have a life! And it’s all those pesky computers’ fault!”

]]> By: Kanzentai http://www.wayofthemind.org/2005/08/02/computers-and-real-life/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Kanzentai Tue, 02 Aug 2005 21:36:51 +0000 http://www.dehumanizer.com/wayofthemind/?p=22#comment-48 Yes, addiction is the main problem, yet its "target" is also something that must be handled with care. It is easier to drop an addiction by not having what it is one is addicted to close by, right? Yes, selling the thing is an extreme measure, I'd go for something like "lending" it to someone or having them store it for me for a while. That's one way to attempt "rehab". One can always go the harder way which is to stop (insert object here)-ing at will and attempt to do something else instead every once-in-a-while. It's like any addiction, only harder on the eyes, instead of on the lungs, liver, arms, penis or vagina. Yes, addiction is the main problem, yet its “target” is also something that must be handled with care. It is easier to drop an addiction by not having what it is one is addicted to close by, right? Yes, selling the thing is an extreme measure, I’d go for something like “lending” it to someone or having them store it for me for a while.

That’s one way to attempt “rehab”.

One can always go the harder way which is to stop (insert object here)-ing at will and attempt to do something else instead every once-in-a-while.

It’s like any addiction, only harder on the eyes, instead of on the lungs, liver, arms, penis or vagina.

]]> By: velvetsatine http://www.wayofthemind.org/2005/08/02/computers-and-real-life/comment-page-1/#comment-47 velvetsatine Tue, 02 Aug 2005 16:54:42 +0000 http://www.dehumanizer.com/wayofthemind/?p=22#comment-47 I agree with you on this one. It is a problem of addiction. I agree with you on this one. It is a problem of addiction.

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