As a self confessed neophile, I now have a better understanding of why I read so widely – especially online. The answer – which comes from an article in the WSJ – is not encouraging

When you find new information, you get an opioid hit, and we are junkies for those. You might call us ‘infovores.’

For most of human history, there was little chance of overdosing on information, because any one day in the Olduvai Gorge was a lot like any other. Today, though, we can find in the course of a few hours online more information than our ancient ancestors could in their whole lives.

I wonder if the Betty Ford clinic  lets it’s “clients” surf the web?

Via Nat.