One of the eternal questions to me is how much of our life is spent with useless and unproductive things. This is not to say that we should always be productive. There is a time for fun and my Friday posts are one such exercise in writing about economics and finance without it necessarily being useful. But what bugs me is if companies exploit their customers through unfair means. For example,
I'm not addicted to reading the Klement of Investing blog - honestly, I'm not, I just like reading it. Of course I read it as soon as the notifcation pops up, but I could stop anytime if I wanted to.
It's not an addiction and I'm not an addict, I'm just an avid reader, a very avid reader.
That's different to being an addict who has no self-contol, I've got lots of self-control and I exercise it by avidly reading anything on Klement of Investing as soon as it's published and then I wait impatiently for more. That's not like being addicted at all (not that I'd know, I'm not an addict). I only dribble and shake slightly when the notification pops up, that's only natural and has nothing to do with addiction.
I'm not addicted to reading the Klement of Investing blog - honestly, I'm not, I just like reading it. Of course I read it as soon as the notifcation pops up, but I could stop anytime if I wanted to.
It's not an addiction and I'm not an addict, I'm just an avid reader, a very avid reader.
That's different to being an addict who has no self-contol, I've got lots of self-control and I exercise it by avidly reading anything on Klement of Investing as soon as it's published and then I wait impatiently for more. That's not like being addicted at all (not that I'd know, I'm not an addict). I only dribble and shake slightly when the notification pops up, that's only natural and has nothing to do with addiction.
personally its probably 99%