The way in which we structure our relationships is more based on who happens to peer in our messages. Instead of just passive choices on screens, it's all about joining other people's events and responding to those texts. It's more about creation. We think of this as the new mental memetic environment.
What causes addiction? Johann Hari, author of Chasing the Scream, travelled some 30,000 miles in search of an answer. He met with researchers and lawmakers, drug dealers and drug makers, those who were struggling with substance abuse and those who had recovered from it, and he came to the conclusion that our whole narrative about addiction is broken. "The opposite of addiction is not sobriety," he argues. "The opposite of addiction is connection." But first, we have to figure out what it really means to connect.