Are You Addicted To Technology? by John Cali and Spirit
Exhausted smartphone user
Copyright © 2012 by Per Palmkvist Knudsen
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines “addiction” this way:
Compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance (as heroin, nicotine, or alcohol) characterized by tolerance and by well-defined physiological symptoms upon withdrawal; broadly : persistent compulsive use of a substance known by the user to be harmful.
That definition does not include technology. But many of us are literally addicted to our digital devices.
In the image above is a woman who’s fallen asleep while using her smartphone.… Read more