A Laboratory of the Future Human Experience
60% of people can’t go without WiFi access for more than a day.
Addiction to the internet is real. In the United States, it is said to be more pervasive than alcoholism, and debate is raging over whether it should be officially classified as a mental illness.
Over the past few decades young adults have been sleeping fewer and fewer hours.
Young people who rob themselves of sleep by spending all night surfing the internet and playing computer games are tripling their chances of developing a mental illness, according to research. People who sleep less than five hours a night are up to three times more likely to become mentally ill than those sleeping eight or nine hours, the report said.