Rise of the Machines or Human and a Scoop

Benia, M. I. (2012). Rise of the Machines or Human and a Scoop. Psychology and Psychotechnics, 12, 8–22. https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=61722

Benia, M. I. Rise of the Machines or Human and a Scoop

Abstract: The article is devoted to the topical issues of Internet addiction. The author of the article describes the reasons of such addiction and analyzes the list of diseases such Internet addiction results in. The article also contains particular examples of how many people try to escape from their loneliness by discovering the cyber space but fall into a trap of even worse loneliness instead. The author also touches upon the question of personal freedom and understanding himself from the point of view of ‘possession and existence’.

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psychology, Internet addiction, addiction, cyber space, civilization, emotional affection, loneliness, freedom, computer, depression.

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