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by Inhibit 1851 days ago
One can be an addict. To my mind the condition of addiction is, at least somewhat, divorced from the object of the addiction. Addiction certainly seems to survive its initial objects absence.

I would probably put the quotes around Technology above, rather than Addicted. Could be it's the pathology expressing itself and whatever the technology is is only tangentially related to what's going on.

To my mind this can all be in a similar silo to gambling or love addiction. How different is a slot machine from many games?

Just my 2 cents and not a professional analysis.