Zen and Zombies

Bad news, it turns out, digital masturbation will make you go blind.
In a digital age of persistent stimulation your body’s natural defense is dulling your perception and blinding you to the real world.
In an experiment designed by psychologist B. F. Skinner, and later refined by James Olds and Peter Milner, rats were given the ability to directly stimulate pleasure centers in their brains. The rats became slaves to the small jolts of dopamine. The rats were effectively turned into zombies, blindly controlled by their very own physical desires.

Read the full article on Medium