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21 de fevereiro de 2018

Internet Addiction

Interesting place, iNaturalist. I think it is addictive the way that Facebook is addictive. Social stroking for those who contribute. One of the better addictions, perhaps.

I should know about internet addiction. I came late to the internet, first going online in 2001. By about 2005 I was posting in forums, and getting more and more political. In local forums like the defunct lubbockonline forums and Talk Lubbock I probably posted 50,000 times. When all those forums went to the great ether in the sky I got more involved on Facebook, treating it as not only a public diary but a collection of links that interested me each day and including my own nature observations and selected photos.

Internet activities consumed a lot of my time that otherwise might have been devoted to family and legal career. Now my significant others are gone and there is no career that I care about. On the positive side, so much writing and argument made me a better writer, doing what umpteen years of education did not.

iNaturalist is more scientific with objective peer input. A healthier more responsible addiction? Certainly it promotes environmental knowledge and responsibility, and that has to be among the most important objectives in life.

Posted on 21 de fevereiro de 2018, 12:13 AM by thebark thebark | 10 comentários | Deixar um comentário