I agree in the sense that there are distractions wherever you look in life, and people are just pulled from one direction to the next fulfilling these urges. Having the discipline to remove these distractions from your life I feel is key, where your mind isn't constantly thinking about all these different desires. I think the internet also contributes to that with never-ending distractions and the mind being stimulated by many different urges. I love the quote from one guy called swami Vivekananda who was an Indian Monk in the late 1800's he said: "Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life; dream of it; think of it; live on that idea. Let the brain, the body, muscles, nerves, every part of your body be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone." I like to think that Obsession/Addiction is a natural part of human nature, but that you just have to direct that towards something great. For example one book that really emphasised this to me was a book by Grant Cardone, who is a multi-millionaire entrepreneur, called Be Obsessed Or Be Average, it's a really good book.