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Addictive

Date

11/13/2007 10:19:00 AM [permalink]

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yahooza

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HBO released a documentary titled Addiction. I haven't seen ....

I really wished the series, and maybe midday talk shows, explored the psychology behind addiction beyond booze and drugs. Sex, consumerism, working, sports, etc. Addiction has a negative connotation, though (IMHO) it's a pattern within the human behavioural framework. We, as homosapiens, gravitate, lust, yearn for comfort, convenience and in America's "me and more" culture, instant gratification.

And companies are picking up on this behaviour, offering packaged solutions for all your 'single-servin' needs. All you need to do is spend.

From Fight Club:

"Everywhere I travel, tiny life. Single-serving sugar, single-serving cream, single pat of butter. The microwave Cordon Bleu hobby kit. Shampoo-conditioner combos, sample-packaged mouthwash, tiny bars of soap. The people I meet on each flight? They're single-serving friends.

Imagine if you viewed people as 'single-servin'? How fucked up would that be? How about product managers that view me as a 'single-servin' code monkey to complete a task? Hee hee =)

Anyways, I wish the news and/or media would look at the bigger picture rather than sensationalize the bad in our culture.

Labels: life, perspective

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