Information Addiction

I finally got the internet setup in my new apartment – I won’t bore you with my customer service complaints – and I’ve never been so delighted to waste time on the web. At first, my information vacation was lovely, charming, an experiment in vintage living. It was like traveling back in time to 1994 […] I finally got the internet setup in my new apartment - I won't bore you with my customer servic

[yuiami]

Brain doesn't react the actual reward itself but what predicts a reward - e.g., a bell predicting food. And people want to know what they already know and don't revise their prior beliefs (e.g., Republicans who don't recognize Clinton's deficit reduction).