Various addiction doctors: "A young child's brain using a computer is identical to a brain on drugs" - Polidicks

[QUOTE]We now know that those iPads, smartphones and Xboxes are a form of digital drug. Recent brain imaging research is showing that they affect the brain’s frontal cortex — which controls executive functioning, including impulse control — in exactly the same way that cocaine does. Technology is so hyper-arousing that it raises dopamine levels — the feel-good neurotransmitter most involved in the addiction dynamic — as much as sex.This addictive effect is why Dr. Peter Whybrow, director of neuroscience at UCLA, calls screens “electronic cocaine” and Chinese researchers call them “digital heroin.” In fact, Dr. Andrew Doan, the head of addiction research for the Pentagon and the US Navy — who has been researching video game addiction — calls video games and screen technologies “digital pharmakeia” (Greek for drug).[/QUOTE] don't buy your 6 year old kid a fucking computer [URL]http://nypost.com/2016/08/27/its-digital-heroin-how-screens-turn-kids-into-psychotic-junkies/[/URL] edit: they say it's safe for kids older than 10 to own a computer [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Banned source." - Bradyns))[/highlight]

Hey man it's drugs without any of the cons.

fuck I don't wanna go to rehab

[QUOTE]How screens turn kids into psychotic junkies[/QUOTE] what the heck lmao this entire article reads a bit weird to me. am I the only one?

[QUOTE] ...feel-good neurotransmitter most involved in the addiction dynamic — as much as sex. [/QUOTE] No wonder I am single

Guess reality better step up its game then.

Can we disbar posts from the newspaper that posted this please? [IMG]http://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/scalefit_630_noupscale/5698a0652a00002c0003093f.jpeg?cache=8iboilirfr[/IMG] EDIT: Oh, the source IS banned. No wonder. That article is trash and the newspaper itself is trash. I mean, lmao, I've been using computers since I was 3 years old. I'm studying in university for christ's sake, I'm hardly on something similar to drugs...

[QUOTE=meppers;50975051]don't buy your 6 year old kid a fucking computer [URL]http://nypost.com/2016/08/27/its-digital-heroin-how-screens-turn-kids-into-psychotic-junkies/[/URL] edit: they say it's safe for kids older than 10 to own a computer [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Banned source." - Bradyns))[/highlight][/QUOTE] okay so computers turn kids into psychopathic junkies but once they turn ten it's totally fine

Technology addiction exists, and it has a presence worth investigating in our society. This is a well-established phenomenon and has been for decades now. Radio, TV, now computers and smartphones have had interesting psychological impacts on people. Just wanted to point this out, in spite of the source being shit.

[QUOTE=Govna;50975106]Technology addiction exists, and it has a presence worth investigating in our society. This is a well-established phenomenon and has been for decades now. Radio, TV, now computers and smartphones have had interesting psychological impacts on people. Just wanted to point this out, in spite of the source being shit.[/QUOTE] There is a significant difference between that though and claiming that 'computers are drugs' however. I agree it should be investigated but it needs to be done in a fair, through and well thought out manner that doesn't involve saying 'let's keep the kids away from the computers because they're bad and stuff!!'

Can confirm technology was a gateway drug to real drugs to me now I do both at same time fuck.

[QUOTE=BlackMageMari;50975121]There is a significant difference between that though and claiming that 'computers are drugs' however. I agree it should be investigated but it needs to be done in a fair, through and well thought out manner that doesn't involve saying 'let's keep the kids away from the computers because they're bad and stuff!!'[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Govna;50975106]Just wanted to point this out, in spite of the source being shit.[/QUOTE]

Oh Fuck Off...

been using a pc for like 15 years, i think it's a little too late now huh

[QUOTE=Govna;50975106]Technology addiction exists, and it has a presence worth investigating in our society. This is a well-established phenomenon and has been for decades now. Radio, TV, now computers and smartphones have had interesting psychological impacts on people. Just wanted to point this out, in spite of the source being shit.[/QUOTE] Internet has caused our brains to have attention span similar to fish.

[QUOTE=Fourier;50975218]Internet has caused our brains to have attention span similar to fish.[/QUOTE] Goldfish. About a second less than them actually. Your average American has an attention span of around eight seconds; your average goldfish's lasts about nine seconds. [url=http://time.com/3858309/attention-spans-goldfish/]Microsoft has actually been studying this phenomenon for years now[/url]. We've become a society that demands constant stimulation and immediate gratification, which is fucking terrible. Neil Postman wrote a great book about this topic back in the 1980s, [url=https://www.amazon.com/Amusing-Ourselves-Death-Discourse-Business/dp/014303653X]Amusing Ourselves to Death[/url], when TV was the issue of the time. It's worth a read; Postman was an excellent cultural critic and social commentator, and his work has relevance even today. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRabb6_Gr2Y[/media]

clearly because it does something that drugs do, raise dopamine levels, then it must be like being on drugs lol it's like saying your brain is on drugs when you eat since eating also raises dopamine levels dopamine alone isn't the problem since everyone experiences it but not everyone gets addicted to it, just like not everyone gets addicted to eating, otherwise everyone would be obese, this article is half-truths covered in fearmongering straight down from the click-baity title

I feel like these articles are written specifically to pander to suburban mothers.

If it wasn't for the internet I would have no contact with people at all. I would have nothing to do really, just stare at the wall all day I guess. At least with computers it at least gives me the illusion that I'm getting something done. [editline]e[/editline] My point is while technology might be like a drug and it's definitely worth further investigation, the benefits probably outweigh that.

Your brain is just drugs anyway. Even though this article is bullshit, if it wasn't, what difference would it make? We're just chemicals.

"That means Lego instead of Minecraft; " why doesn't Lego raise those dopamine levels too?

[QUOTE=Ardosos;50975406]If it wasn't for the internet I would have no contact with people at all. I would have nothing to do really, just stare at the wall all day I guess. At least with computers it at least gives me the illusion that I'm getting something done. [editline]e[/editline] My point is while technology might be like a drug and it's definitely worth further investigation, the benefits probably outweigh that.[/QUOTE] Sounds like a problem with you not your computer...

[QUOTE=bunguer;50975419]"That means Lego instead of Minecraft; " why doesn't Lego raise those dopamine levels too?[/QUOTE] Well Lego was basically the only toy I had growing up, I wouldn't be surprised if it were actually addictive in some way :v:

So if I work in IT does that make me a peddler?

[quote]“I walked into his room to check on him. He was supposed to be sleeping — and I was just so frightened…” She found him sitting up in his bed staring wide-eyed, his bloodshot eyes looking into the distance as his glowing iPad lay next to him. He seemed to be in a trance. Beside herself with panic, Susan had to shake the boy repeatedly to snap him out of it. Distraught, she could not understand how her once-healthy and happy little boy had become so addicted to the game that he wound up in a catatonic stupor.[/quote] Why is my bullshit meter going off?

I think one of the big problems with excessive video game use is how it sort of messes with your reward system. It gets you very used to instant gratification. I was straight up told by some game developers that they fine tune these games to give you little squirts of dopamine at exactly the right intervals to keep you playing. For some games like Call of Duty it's blatantly obvious, and you can see it in any game with a ranking or unlockable system. It's a similar behavior to what I see in a lot of active drug users, just having a lot of trouble committing to long term goals. I'm not sure if it's correlation or causation, and it doesn't apply to everyone, but I do see it a lot. I stopped obsessively playing video games around 2013 or so, and I'm just now becoming able to focus on more long term projects that don't give an instant payoff.

[QUOTE=Brancki427;50975127]Can confirm technology was a gateway drug to real drugs to me now I do both at same time fuck.[/QUOTE] cocaine while you tell russians to fuck off in dota 2 livin the dream

[QUOTE=Govna;50975280]Goldfish. About a second less than them actually. Your average American has an attention span of around eight seconds; your average goldfish's lasts about nine seconds. [url=http://time.com/3858309/attention-spans-goldfish/]Microsoft has actually been studying this phenomenon for years now[/url]. We've become a society that demands constant stimulation and immediate gratification, which is fucking terrible. Neil Postman wrote a great book about this topic back in the 1980s, [url=https://www.amazon.com/Amusing-Ourselves-Death-Discourse-Business/dp/014303653X]Amusing Ourselves to Death[/url], when TV was the issue of the time. It's worth a read; Postman was an excellent cultural critic and social commentator, and his work has relevance even today. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRabb6_Gr2Y[/media][/QUOTE] The chapter about television news trying to look like eye candy is pretty eye opening.

If you try and tell and addict that they're addicted to something and that that addiction is bad for them they act erratic, in denial, and angry. Judging by the comments I've noticed a similar trend, hmm you're all addicts

[QUOTE=Killer900;50976222]If you try and tell and addict that they're addicted to something and that that addiction is bad for them they act erratic, in denial, and angry. Judging by the comments I've noticed a similar trend, hmm you're all addicts[/QUOTE] But what if, you're an addict too? Plot twist