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Can You Disconnect from the ‘Matrix’?

July 3rd, 2012

By Dr. Jim Taylor Yes, you heard me right. I asked whether you are capable of disconnecting…from your smartphone, PC, laptop, tablet, or mp3 player! I realize that is a shocking and perhaps heretical suggestion in a time when most people are connected 24/7. I’m not saying that you have to be thoroughly disconnected; that’s […]

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Tags: addiction, disconnect, internet, phones, social networks, technology
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Is Technology the New Opiate of the Masses?

April 24th, 2012

By Dr. Jim Taylor Karl Marx famously called religion the “opiate of the masses.” Well, to paraphrase Reggie Hammond, Eddie Murphy’s character in the film 48 Hours, “There’s a new opiate in town and its name is technology.” Yes, folks, everywhere you look these days, you see people “shooting up” their technological “drug” of choice, […]

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Tags: addiction, dependence, games, internet, opiate, social media, technology
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Can Your Kindle Cause Mental Illness?

November 25th, 2011

By Dan Miller My wife gave me a Kindle reader for my birthday in June. Although she sought to do good rather than harm, I have become addicted to it and to its free collection of old classics. I should have known that this would happen. Even a year ago, it was written that The […]

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Tags: addiction, dreams, e-reader, free classics, Kindle, mental illness
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Caught in the ‘Net

April 26th, 2011

By Dr. Jim Taylor If you’ve followed my tech-related blog posts over the last few years (if you haven’t, you can catch up here), you know that I have real concerns and what I consider to be some healthy skepticism about the impact of new technology and social media on people, particularly their biggest consumers, children […]

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Tags: addiction, disconnected, internet, relationships, social media, technology
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