[tdkl]

> But isn't computer just the medium to access the real addiction-causing substance, whatever it may be?

Sure, this ain't anything new. The internet, is a source of constant novelty addiction, which keeps the brain stimulated.

Mobile phone is just another medium, that you can carry around all the time and extend that addiction and makes it possible anywhere.

[andygates]

And all that gossip and kitten-video-sharing, that's just ... human interaction. It's almost as if we're a social species which uses low-information chatter as grooming.