Why are older players thriving?

Cloud Strife wrote:

KrazeeEyezKilla wrote:I started reading a book about the Korean War recently and have a hard time concentrating which I think is down to the internet. If it wasn't for the internet though I would have never discovered the book,

I get it. I can no longer play computer games or read books with the same intensity or lengthy periods as I was able to in the past.

Now I find that whenever I settle down with a book my mind is always wondering and I have to stop mid chapter, sometimes even every couple of pages, to check my phone.

It's that constant need to be connected. It seems to override most things.

Dan-cat wrote:

Cloud Strife wrote:

KrazeeEyezKilla wrote:I started reading a book about the Korean War recently and have a hard time concentrating which I think is down to the internet. If it wasn't for the internet though I would have never discovered the book,

I get it. I can no longer play computer games or read books with the same intensity or lengthy periods as I was able to in the past.

Now I find that whenever I settle down with a book my mind is always wondering and I have to stop mid chapter, sometimes even every couple of pages, to check my phone.

It's that constant need to be connected. It seems to override most things.

It's that hit of dopamine you are craving, not the actual information...

Turn it off, put it in a different room. I kept going to it, then realising I'd turned it off for a reason. That desire to check it just drops away after a couple of days.

Dan-cat wrote:I know it's quite sad really... my 16 year old nephew is just plugged into his iphone and headphones the whole time watching youtube

Holden Chinaski wrote:

Dan-cat wrote:I know it's quite sad really... my 16 year old nephew is just plugged into his iphone and headphones the whole time watching youtube

Humans are slowly becoming cyborgs.

Iranu wrote:We shouldn't bemoan it too much though - this forum's activity is built on people having a second screen to discuss on while watching the snooker!

SnookerFan wrote:

Iranu wrote:We shouldn't bemoan it too much though - this forum's activity is built on people having a second screen to discuss on while watching the snooker!