A tech addict who works in the tech industry
I&#x27;ve always wondered if my form of computer use constitutes &quot;addiction.&quot;<p>When I first got a computer in the house, I guess it was &#x27;92, I spent an inordinate amount of time reading stuff on the encyclopedia disks and using mac paint. When we got the internet in 95 or so, it was the same but on an entirely different level - geocities sites about everything, car forums, etc... Fast forward twenty years and I spend an inordinate amount of time on the internet...reading. Mostly I read science articles, CS&#x2F;ML papers, wikipedia articles and watch videos from PBS, nerdwriter, 3blue1brown and the like, but I also comment here and on twitter, and surf memes on reddit.<p>I&#x27;m certain it&#x27;s at an &quot;unhealthy&quot; level, but at the same time it <i>feels</i> like it&#x27;s productive because it&#x27;s about stuff I&#x27;m interested in and work. I find a lot of the reading and things consumed are useful and inform my other daily life and work so when you look at what addiction generally means its basically: &quot;Negatively Interferes with life.&quot;<p>Maybe it would be considered addictive, but I&#x27;ve built my life around this way of doing things and it seems to be working out great, I suspect a lot of techies are like this too.