You raise good questions here, as anyone dedicated to Hive is pretty much addicted to it too I believe. Fair enough it connects you with others, makes you aware of lots of things and earns for you, but like with everything self awareness is essential.

I would nearly be scared to see how many hours I'm connected in some way.... Most of my waking hours I'd say to be honest.... Work is online, Hive, listening to Spotify, Streaming, watching telly, , Google maps and Pod casts when driving, other browsing.... Only real breaks are playing outside with kids, golf, walking the dog, soccer, going to matches and gigs and eating out..

Kind of scary when you think about it..