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Very true. Thanks for a great well-written article. We can clearly see the negatives, both anecdotally and from academic studies, but taking action on it is the difficult bit!
Will that self-righting/discipline action comes from ourselves (ideal). As I can’t see it thrust upon us externally (as it probably won’t work!), see this story for a university that tried to ban access to social media sites.
http://www.fastcompany.com/1691584/harrisburg-universitys-social-media-ban-lifted-addictions-soothed
There’s a very unnatural feeling to constantly being “online” (same with employees addicted to their BlackBerry/email). Our relationships are definitely being devalued – as if the quantity/number of people we are connected to, matters more than the quality of our relationship with each person.