Group E Blog Post

I want to elaborate on something a couple people mentioned earlier about the addiction and not having any control over it. The way this story is told is a "wag of the finger" towards modern societies various addictions and cheap thrills. Take nicotine, the most legal of substances to get addicted to. Granted, there is no need to use it but because of the abusers, the multi-billion dollar tobacco industry thrives. The same applies to fast food. Because people eat and become addicted to the "comfort food" that fast food is, this addiction grows (literally) and makes people need the food more than they would like to admit. This further applies to everything from attention with the advent of social media and mass mobile communication as well as stimulation from sources like video games, movies, etc. Why else do people get bored so easily? Either they need a source of attention or they need some way to be stimulated artificially. The excitement creates a hormonal flux of adrenaline and dopamine that the body cannot replicate in a "resting" state and we become addicted. More than anything, this story is saying the world we fear is the world we live in. Granted, not everyone is carrying around a pistol to get others to control themselves but next time a child misbehaves, bribe them with a Snickers or McDonalds and see the results. Same stuff, but it looks a whole lot prettier to us.