One problem that people who work with computers for a living have versus people who don't, is that, if you are an internet addict and you are, e.g. a nurse, you can always just avoid computers altogether for, say a week or a month, if your addiction gets out of hand.
But for people who work with a computer for their day job, avoiding the cause of the addiction is much tougher.
It's like if a TV critic had a TV addiction. He/She couldn't just stop watching TV altogether to defeat the addiction.
Sometimes I think the only solution for extreme cases is to take a sabbatical from work and become something like a waiter for a few months. No computers needed and lots of human interaction.
A while back PG said that he has a separate work computer that's not connected to the Internet. RMS goes even farther, only interacting with the Net via email.
But for people who work with a computer for their day job, avoiding the cause of the addiction is much tougher.
It's like if a TV critic had a TV addiction. He/She couldn't just stop watching TV altogether to defeat the addiction.
Sometimes I think the only solution for extreme cases is to take a sabbatical from work and become something like a waiter for a few months. No computers needed and lots of human interaction.
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