"We hope to use our findings to develop a software application that could be installed on home computers and mobile devices. It would monitor your Internet usage and alert you when your usage patterns might signal symptoms of depression," they assert.

Oh, brother. I'll agree that anxiety and difficulty concentrating are problematic in today's fast-paced economy -- for college students, working professionals, depressed people and those who are perfectly well adjusted.

So how about an application that reduces anxiety and difficulty concentrating instead of yet another distracting monitoring tool that most likely would need maintenance?

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