Mental and Emotional Effects of Computing

<private> Computer use is thus a competition between sensation and interest. While the person is engaged, sexually evoked or intellectually interested then sensual discomfort is overpowered. When topics recycle, the threshold of engagement lowers, and discomfort is more noticeable. The effort to increase the engagement might explain some of the attractions of flaming or netsex, as these diminish registering of background sensory distress. People do not approach the net erotically or angrily, but become erotic or angry to maintain an approach.

The Online Body Breaks Out? Asence, Ghosts, Cyborgs, Gender, Polarity and Politics [1] Jonathan Marshall http://journal.fibreculture.org/issue3/issue3_marshall.html </private>