While surfing the Web on Wibro, I came across this article on ZDNet, which I thought was quite relevant. It's about China taking some Net addicts into addiction rehab summer camp:
Being a blogger and a freelancer in the tech industry, I myself spend something like 12-18 hours a day sitting in front of my laptop. I follow news, chat with my buddies, try out different applications, and write and write and write. Does this qualify as Net addiction, too? Or more like workaholic?
What's written in the article isn't that much different in Korea. I've seen so many friends of mine, who spend every minute of their lives playing Lineage for 6 months straight. I've seen people who are so addicted to downloading Prison Break or 24 on eDonkey-like applications and watch these shows night and day.
Can we ever be free again? Probably not. The world is getting crazier.
But at least, let's not be like this guy. At least for me, I know I really don't want to. He's the bad guy in the episode, who has no life. I mean no life as in the real world. He got plenty in the virtual one ;-)
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The youths at the summer camp will be treated for depression, fear, panic, agitation and an unwillingness to interact with others.
This solution appear to be a softer option than the Internet Addiction Treatment Center near Beijing which uses a blend of therapy and military drills to treat youths addicted to online games, Internet pornography and cybersex.
Concerned by a number of high-profile Internet-related deaths and juvenile crime, the government is now taking steps to stem Internet addictions by banning new Internet cafes and mulling restrictions on violent computer games.
Being a blogger and a freelancer in the tech industry, I myself spend something like 12-18 hours a day sitting in front of my laptop. I follow news, chat with my buddies, try out different applications, and write and write and write. Does this qualify as Net addiction, too? Or more like workaholic?
What's written in the article isn't that much different in Korea. I've seen so many friends of mine, who spend every minute of their lives playing Lineage for 6 months straight. I've seen people who are so addicted to downloading Prison Break or 24 on eDonkey-like applications and watch these shows night and day.
Can we ever be free again? Probably not. The world is getting crazier.
But at least, let's not be like this guy. At least for me, I know I really don't want to. He's the bad guy in the episode, who has no life. I mean no life as in the real world. He got plenty in the virtual one ;-)
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