It occurs to me what a tight feedback loop exists between humans and computing devices. In particular, video games and social media. In the first, the game plays the child just as much as the child plays the game. My son becomes a dick for a short while when that loop is broken. Social media is kind of like the same loop for adults except we're more likely to be dicks when we're in the loop (and mostly anonymous). It's not a perfect analogy but it works for me.