A Harrowing Future of "Internet Addiction"

“Even if Steve Jobs designed a really cool-looking syringe and started distributing free heroin on street corners, not everyone would try it. But who among us doesn’t already check his email more often than necessary? As the Internet weaves itself more and more tightly into our lives, only the Amish are completely safe.”
-Reason’s Greg Beato looks at “Internet addiction” and what its classification as a psychiatric disorder might mean.