Yes, It Really, Really Is the Phones
So many of us are aching for a bit of quiet in a world that is constantly screaming at us from little rectangles in our pockets.
Nora McInerny • Bad Vibes Only: (and Other Things I Bring to the Table)
If all else fails, consider your own mortality. How many people on their deathbeds do you think are going to say, “I wish I’d spent more time on Facebook”? Keep asking yourself the same question, again and again and again: This is your life. How much of it do you want to spend on your phone?
Catherine Price • How to Break Up With Your Phone (Published 2018)
My claim is that the new phone-based childhood that took shape roughly 12 years ago is making young people sick and blocking their progress to flourishing in adulthood. We need a dramatic cultural correction, and we need it now.
Jonathan Haidt • The Terrible Costs of a Phone-Based Childhood
Of course, smartphones, by themselves, don’t force you to stop hanging out in person. But there are several reasons they reduce it. First, they’re a distraction — the rise of smartphones was also the rise of “ phubbing ”, i.e. when people go on their phones instead of paying attention to the people around them. Second, phones provide a behavioral
... See moreNoah Smith • Honestly, it's probably the phones
There are deeper forces than our phones and the web at work—and those forces led us, in turn, to develop a dysfunctional relationship with the web.