alt Hacker NewsSo, buried within this extended mostly-non-answer, it seems your definition of an addiction is something that drives someone to steal copper pipes.
So, buried within this extended mostly-non-answer, it seems your definition of an addiction is something that drives someone to steal copper pipes.
Litigating the semantics of a word doesn't get us anywhere closer to defining the limits of personal responsibility.
You'd like the goalposts to sit closer so its easier to offload responsibility onto abstract external entities.
I'm arguing this doesn't change who has to be the one to close the app, shut off the TV, turn off the video game, close the bag of candy and take risks in the real world.