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How do you know whether your digital device has become your digital vice? This isn’t an easy question to answer, as everyone has their own personal values about time and everyone is different in terms of how much disruption is tolerable in their lives. Your technology use is often in part determined by your values around how you use your time and the consciousness you bring to your Internet screen use.

The idea that your screen use typically occurs below your conscious radar is well established. Time distortion and dissociation are common when you are on your screen, so it’s very likely that you don’t actually know how much time passes when you’re staring at your Instagram or Facebook account, or circling down the rabbit hole on Reddit, or caught in an endless YouTube playlist or Netflix binge.

The first step in recognizing your Internet use is to become conscious of how much content you’re consuming, and to become aware of exactly how much time you have unknowingly surrendered to your device. This is perhaps easier said than done, in that most of the time on your device may be spent without a thought, with little awareness that you have begun a slow descent into the electronic sinkhole of the Internet.

The following sections briefly cover addictive platforms and technologies. Part 2 is devoted to these topics.