The world through a keyboard. The universe possibly. The relief effort in Haiti. Pictures from Hubble. Shakespeare's sonnets. A share price from Hong Kong. Anything you want in your own home. The internet offers it in milli-seconds. More than we can absorb, more than we can understand, and always the potential to add more. More, more.
It's the stuff of Renaissance dreams, the stuff that's meant to make us happy. And yet for some, the internet has become a final circle of hell. Palms sweating, eyes swirling, you know you're wasting your time, your life. But you can't stop.
Leeds University scientists have just completed a study, reported in the journal Psychopathology, that has uncovered a link between internet addiction and depression. This won't come as total surprise. The clue was possibly in the word addiction. Anyone who is addicted to anything is more likely to be depressed. It's called mental illness.
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