I think it might be that if you don't grow up with something that hijacks you as a kid you don't have the mental equivalent to antibodies.
Old people get captured by new dopamine hits moreso than their younger counterparts.
Old people get captured by new dopamine hits moreso than their younger counterparts.
On several occasions during college I ran into kids that weren’t allowed to play video games as kids. The first time they got their hands on a game, it was all over. They were hooked and it was a problem. They’d skip classes, meals… and just play. If someone tried to intervene, they would throw a tantrum. It was the weirdest thing, but I saw it enough that it seemed like a pattern.
Others of the same age who had games as a kid seemed more able to put it down and not get so emotionally reactive if something came between them and the game.