Why is e-mail addictive?

Why is e-mail addictive?

Edward Hallowell (Psychiatrist, Author) gives expert video advice on: What's the 'paradox of labor-saving devices'?; Why are cell phones addictive?; Aren't cell phones essential today? and more...

Email is fun, it's great. The mail used to come once a day or maybe twice a day. We'd run to the door to see what's in the mail. Well, now you can run to the door every second and get a new letter, so it's fun and it's just human nature. We love getting messages, we love opening packages, we don't know what's in there. Even if 99 out of 100 of them are spam, we still want to get them. They're fun.