In the 21st century, it is hard to minimize the impact of technology on our lives. “I don't need alcohol, cocaine, or any other derailing form of social depravity,” one British student said after being offline for one day. “Media is my drug; without it, I was lost.” You may find it quite hilarious, but the young man was right. Internet addiction is sweeping our society like an epidemic, affecting more and more human minds every day. We crave it and turn this useful and powerful creation into something destructive.

Scientists in a Boston hospital observed some psychosomatic reactions of people's organisms to the absence of the phone. Addicted participants, restricted to the use of the phone, began to feel phantom phone vibrations. This reaction was caused by the fact that in contact with any stimuli, whether it was the rubbing of tissue against the skin or muscle contraction, the body of Internet addicts immediately perceived it as a sensation from a vibrating phone. It gets appalling, doesn't it? However, training our bodies to cooperate with technology can also play to our advantage.

Many stenographers used to pride themselves on their ability to type quickly. Today, such a skill has not lost its relevance. Alex Soojung-Kim Pang has trained for years to now type over 70 words per minute. You shouldn’t, however, think this has anything to do with addiction. What Alex Soojung-Kim Pang felt was a flow. It's important to distinguish between flow and addiction regarding gadgets. You can hold your phone for hours without doing anything good, like a drug addict who can't give up another dose of information junk.

On the other hand, you can follow the example of Alex Soojung-Kim Pang. He has made technology his extension, his hobby. He has found a "flow" that puts him in a particular state of extreme immersion in a task. This way, you can take the best out of technology.