The internet is in a lot of places these days and it is a big part of a lot of people’s everyday life. For people taking online classes, they must be on the internet and a lot of them are on the internet outside of school work. They could be on the internet for all sorts of reasons like gaming, social media, shopping, and work. Some people spend hours and hours surfing the internet. Some say that people who are on the internet a lot can be addicted to it. Should people disconnect themselves from the internet occasionally or should people not worry about being on the internet too much? There are two articles that contradict each other about being on the internet. In the article “Internet Addiction Left My Brother Homeless” Winston Ross talks about how too much of the internet can be addicting, while the article “The Pointlessness of Unplugging” by Casey N Cep, argues that staying connected should be embraced and that it is pointless to unplug.
Ross and Cep both agree that the internet draws people in. Ross talks about his brother and how he was “a child of Commodore 64s and online bulletin boards, and he
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Ross stated, “Cutting off access too suddenly or without other treatment worries Block, he says, because the computer has often become a container for aggression and a major relationship for an addict”, after speaking with Jerald Block, a clinical psychiatrist. (2009) This is just like any other addiction. Going “cold turkey” or unplugging all at once is not always the best bet.
Cep and Ross both realize that unplugging from the internet and technology is hard to do these days. Cep writes “Those who unplug have every intention of plugging back in.” (Cep, 2014) Those that have unplugged for a day or two, go right back to their devices and start again just like Ross did when he left ReSTART. “I did feel a slight rush after I left ReSTART and hopped back online.” (Ross,