{"id":5725,"date":"2010-08-28T23:10:40","date_gmt":"2010-08-29T03:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/365sketches.org\/?p=2966"},"modified":"2020-07-29T20:07:14","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T00:07:14","slug":"its-not-so-much-that-im-connected-as-addicted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2010\/08\/28\/its-not-so-much-that-im-connected-as-addicted\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s not so much that I&#8217;m connected as addicted."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/20100828oninformation.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2967\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/jul-1-2012-4-025\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/jul-1-2012-4-025.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Nexus S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1341159763&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.43&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0166666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"jul-1-2012-4-025\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/jul-1-2012-4-025.jpg?fit=1000%2C750&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/20100828oninformation.png?w=1170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"It's not so much that I'm connected as addicted.\" class=\"wp-image-2967\"\/><\/a><figcaption>It&#8217;s not so much that I&#8217;m connected as addicted.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to information, I like it to come in firehose form, because I have excellent filters. Here&#8217;s a note that you might find is true for yourself too. Meanwhile, information addiction is a real thing, and you may find the following useful: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8216;Contemporary theories of reinforcement learning are rooted in the dopaminergic reward system.\u00a0 Dopamine neurons in parts of the midbrain, such as the ventral tegmental area and substantia nigra pars compacta, play a vital role in the expectation of reward. Most of what is known about these neurons comes from electrode recording experiments with rhesus monkeys. Not surprisingly, these neurons respond to primitive rewards, such as food and water. They signal a monkey\u2019s expectation of rewards, but what was not known until now is whether these same neurons might also signal expectation of information. To test for this preference for information, which is a cognitive reward, a new paradigm needed to be put in place. Ethan Bromberg-Martin and Okihide Hikosaka, both at the National Eye Institute, developed a brilliant behavioral task that opened the door.&#8217; <\/p><cite>from &#8220;The Chemistry of Information Addiction &#8211; Scientific American&#8221; at https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/are-we-addicted-to-inform\/ curated by lemasney creative. Feel free to share.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not so much that I&#8217;m connected as addicted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,7,18,3659,1128,4110,3658,3654,21,23],"tags":[346,411,1117,854],"class_list":{"0":"post-5725","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brand","8":"category-consulting","9":"category-cv","10":"category-design-principles","11":"category-illustration","12":"category-inkscape-portfolio","13":"category-instructional-technology","14":"category-portfolio","15":"category-professional-activities","16":"category-professional-experience","17":"tag-google","18":"tag-inkscape","19":"tag-portfolio","20":"tag-typography","21":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/20100828oninformation.png?fit=809%2C500&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3h6y2-1ul","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1250,"url":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2010\/06\/25\/186-of-365-is-a-set-of-overhead-power-lines-in-inkscape-landscape-colorstudy\/","url_meta":{"origin":5725,"position":0},"title":"186 of 365 is a set of overhead power lines in #Inkscape #landscape #colorstudy","author":"lemsy","date":"2010-06-25","format":false,"excerpt":"I've always had an unmistakable inexplicable affection for the visuals, structure, and purpose of powerlines. 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