Addiction: Apt metaphor for (over)use of digital technology?

People are increasingly being warned about the dangers to one’s physical and emotional well-being of always being online. In this post, Sally Wyatt reflects critically on the metaphors of ‘use’ and ‘addiction’ applied to digital technology, but first examines some of the paradoxes associated with applying machine metaphors to the human condition. ‘Imagine you are…
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