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Thursday, January 13, 2005

The American Psychological Association is going to debate the existence of "email addiction" at the 2005 National Conference. There is widespread agreement that this exists and has extremely serious physical ramifications including stroke, osteoporosis, leprosy, and (according to some) early onset Alzhemier's. The main discussion point is to determine what are the definitions of the addiction. Some argue that people who check their email more than 75 times a day should be classified as addicted, while others argue that the classification should depend on how long one can go without checking email. One extreme case documented a man who never got more than 45 minutes of sleep at a time due to needing to check his email.

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