Posted by Rosa on August 23, 2001, at 11:04:52
In reply to Re: Other Addictions? » Rosa, posted by Mitch on August 23, 2001, at 10:18:55
Mitch,
I don't watch very much television, however, I do use it to get away from the computer occasionally. If I can get interested in something on television, it will keep me away from the computer at least an hour.
I have to get offline and go to the bank. I have been online since about 8:00 AM, that's about 4 hours. Later.
Rosa
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Rosa,
That is thought-provoking. However, given the widespread occurence of all of the "non-substantive addictive" behaviours mentioned by the Dr. couldn't this all be explained by just plain old *boredom*? We need to "kill time", so to speak. I read one of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.'s books last year, I think it was "Time Quake". In it he describes how he made a living writing short fiction for periodicals, and that was the "hot" thing to kill time with before TV. After television that just drifted away, and he decided to write novels instead. I suppose one could argue that the internet is less "passive" than television so that would represent some improvement. You do have to read and write.
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