"Technology, such as video games or social media, simply doesn’t influence dopamine receptors the way illicit substances do."
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"Technology, such as video games or social media, simply doesn’t influence dopamine receptors the way illicit substances do." https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/07/28/addiction_fiction_dopamine_is_not_why_kids_love_tiktok_1124276.html
@taylorlorenz Gambling addicts are comforted with this news.
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"Technology, such as video games or social media, simply doesn’t influence dopamine receptors the way illicit substances do." https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/07/28/addiction_fiction_dopamine_is_not_why_kids_love_tiktok_1124276.html
@taylorlorenz honest question: is there any comparable research addressing whether gambling addiction is more like drug addiction or like social media addiction?
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"Technology, such as video games or social media, simply doesn’t influence dopamine receptors the way illicit substances do." https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/07/28/addiction_fiction_dopamine_is_not_why_kids_love_tiktok_1124276.html
Good info. According to the DSM, I am dangerously addicted to WORK. 9/9 yes.
Do you think about WORK when not doing WORK? YES
Do you feel bad (sad, anxious) when unable to do WORK? YES
Do you find yourself spending more time/money on WORK? YES
Do you notice you’ve kept doing WORK even when you meant to stop or cut back? YES
Have you given up other hobbies/activities to do WORK? YES -
Good info. According to the DSM, I am dangerously addicted to WORK. 9/9 yes.
Do you think about WORK when not doing WORK? YES
Do you feel bad (sad, anxious) when unable to do WORK? YES
Do you find yourself spending more time/money on WORK? YES
Do you notice you’ve kept doing WORK even when you meant to stop or cut back? YES
Have you given up other hobbies/activities to do WORK? YESHave you continued to do WORK despite it causing obvious problems (i.e., health, work, family commitments)? YES
Have you deceived others about the time you’ve spent doing WORK? YES
Do you find yourself doing WORK to relieve negative moods or stress? YES
Have you experienced the loss of a job/school/relationship because of WORK? YES -
Have you continued to do WORK despite it causing obvious problems (i.e., health, work, family commitments)? YES
Have you deceived others about the time you’ve spent doing WORK? YES
Do you find yourself doing WORK to relieve negative moods or stress? YES
Have you experienced the loss of a job/school/relationship because of WORK? YES@lisarue Kind of getting the impression from the article they want you addicted to work, your phone, gambling, paying rent.
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"Technology, such as video games or social media, simply doesn’t influence dopamine receptors the way illicit substances do." https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/07/28/addiction_fiction_dopamine_is_not_why_kids_love_tiktok_1124276.html
@taylorlorenz so says the most online person, ever.
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"Technology, such as video games or social media, simply doesn’t influence dopamine receptors the way illicit substances do." https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/07/28/addiction_fiction_dopamine_is_not_why_kids_love_tiktok_1124276.html
@taylorlorenz and yet here I sit with 2500 hours of Binding of Isaac logged to my Steam account. And somehow I’m not addicted to crack
Edit: yet
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R relay@relay.infosec.exchange shared this topic
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@taylorlorenz Gambling addicts are comforted with this news.
@taylorlorenz And those kids. Also helps distract from the main story: Social media knew they were connecting pedophiles with children and did nothing.
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"Technology, such as video games or social media, simply doesn’t influence dopamine receptors the way illicit substances do." https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/07/28/addiction_fiction_dopamine_is_not_why_kids_love_tiktok_1124276.html
@taylorlorenz the article's logic seems terribly flawed. Ok, many people don't understand dopamine's role in addiction. But as the the author points out, the clinical definition of addiction doesn't seem to depend on dopamine and many people struggling with e.g. social media use would probably answer yes to at least 5 of the 9 questions (and the reference to answering yes to ONE of the q's for reading books is laughable when the whole point is that a positive result requires 5 x yes)
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"Technology, such as video games or social media, simply doesn’t influence dopamine receptors the way illicit substances do." https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/07/28/addiction_fiction_dopamine_is_not_why_kids_love_tiktok_1124276.html
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