Teminal disease: "O.C.D."

[Taro Toporific]

YIKES! I've get a terminal disease: "O.C.D." -- online compulsive disorder.

The Lure of Data: Is It Addictive?
July 7, 2003 / Asahi Shinbun-IHT / The New York Times
...The ubiquity of technology ...has created a subculture of the Always On --- and a brewing tension between productivity and freneticism. For all the efficiency gains that it seemingly provides, the constant stream of data can interrupt not just dinner and family time, but also meetings and creative time, and it can prove very tough to turn off. Some people who are persistently wired say it is not uncommon for them to be sitting in a meeting and using a hand-held device to exchange instant messages surreptitiously --- with someone in the same meeting. Others may be sitting at a desk and engaging in conversation on two phones, one at each ear. ..These speed demons say they will fall behind if they disconnect, but they also acknowledge feeling something much more powerful: they are compulsively drawn to the constant stimulation provided by incoming data. Call it O.C.D. --- online compulsive disorder..

[ramchop]

So what's that make the OECD?

Online erotica compulsive disorder?

[Taro Toporific]

So what's that make the OECD?

Online erotica compulsive disorder?

"Just the facts sir, just the facts."

[vince]

[Taro Toporific]

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