Saturday, November 17, 2007
Internet Addiction
A look at the youths of South Korea.
If you think about it, however, almost every corporate programmer I know spends comparable amounts of time "online", though not for social or entertainment reasons. I think they're probably safe, for the most common reaction upon getting home from work isn't "I should go online for some more hours", but rather "I should interact with real people".
This may not be the case across all occupations where you're required to sit in front of a computer all day, but perhaps someone with some more data could chime in.
If you think about it, however, almost every corporate programmer I know spends comparable amounts of time "online", though not for social or entertainment reasons. I think they're probably safe, for the most common reaction upon getting home from work isn't "I should go online for some more hours", but rather "I should interact with real people".
This may not be the case across all occupations where you're required to sit in front of a computer all day, but perhaps someone with some more data could chime in.
