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I was contradictory because smartphones ARE addicting. I have to have one as that is society's preferred way of communication, but now that I have one it becomes total habit to look at it during any moment of downtime. I wish I didn't have to have it but since I do it's hard to put down.
I had to have a pager when I was on the road in sales, and detested it when the boss would page me. Now the boss is on everyone one all the time.
Everyone is doing what they want to do and that is OK OK OK....
But we do have a lot of zombies out there getting arthritis of the fingers.
I was contradictory because smartphones ARE addicting. I have to have one as that is society's preferred way of communication, but now that I have one it becomes total habit to look at it during any moment of downtime. I wish I didn't have to have it but since I do it's hard to put down.
That’s how the addiction starts. You always have this nagging feeling that you need to check stuff and that maybe the world is passing you by while you aren’t connected.
I remember listening to George Noory and the guest was talking about one day in the future as we understand our brains, maybe humans can become digitally downloaded to cyberspace. Imagine being able to go anywhere in the world in a split second (probably though something like Google maps that is 1000x better) or “think” up a text and have it instantly delivered to another brain that has been digitized. Perhaps we no longer own the technology but become the technology.
I had to have a pager when I was on the road in sales, and detested it when the boss would page me. Now the boss is on everyone one all the time.
Everyone is doing what they want to do and that is OK OK OK....
But we do have a lot of zombies out there getting arthritis of the fingers.
I have a family member that got promoted to manager. Awesome. 60 hour work week but much higher pay on salary. However, even when not at work she’s the go-to person with all questions and decisions. Text, text, text, text, call, text, call, text, text.
I have a family member that got promoted to manager. Awesome. 60 hour work week but much higher pay on salary. However, even when not at work she’s the go-to person with all questions and decisions. Text, text, text, text, call, text, call, text, text.
All that extra money for all the extra stuff to buy and all the extra stress...a vicious cycle.
The boss and pager I lived with was one who was so money driven and you gotta make that sale etc etc etc and yeah I made a lot of money, for a woman, back then, but the stress was killing me, I had to walk away from that money and stress. And tossed the pager in trash bin.
Mikala, I don't need convinced, I see it all over when I'm out. .
I was answering your question, not trying to convince you.
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I never said phones couldn’t be useful. However, for some the usefulness can feed into the addiction...the need for this app or that app, the need to always check this or that, find people to text with all day, etc. So if you’re like me, you use all the useful features plus a lot more. Before you know it, you’re averaging 4 hours on the phone everyday. Is it possible I’m missing stuff in real life? Are relationships not the best they could be? Am I a little less outgoing...a little less motivated to get out in the world? A little fearful of becoming bored? Is the phone becoming a comfort blanket (like smoking a cigarette)? Are my senses and emotions dulled a bit?
Sure, not everyone has a problem or recognizes it if they do. However, for a generation who’s life has centered around technology, perhaps there are potential downsides to becoming more and more immersed the advancements?
Most of us think better technology is inherently great and synonymous with life getting better. But the “tech boom” we’ve experienced in terms of our daily lives has only been going on what 25 years? A very short period of time. Prior to that tech was in its infancy. Video game consoles were mostly a thing for kids and easily regulated by parents, some folks had a car phone with very limited minutes, walkmans, most people had no internet access at home, etc. Tech advances exponentially so while we are in awe of the benefits, perhaps we don’t have the time or desire to consider any drawbacks. I’m sorta interested in the research which looks at this.
Here’s an article talking about teen depression/suicides coninciding with increased smartphone usage/time on-line:
How can this be? Technology is all benefits with no drawbacks right? If 73% of teens had smartphones in 2015, it’s probably 85% by now. What about the negatives in the 20-35 age range where ~95% of people have smartphones?
Perhaps in 100 years people look back thinking that those people were so ennamored in new technology that they couldn’t even see what was going on.
I don't think many people in this thread are teenagers. I am an adult and I am perfectly capable of making choices regarding how much or how little I want to be on the computer or spend with a smartphone, or watch TV, or read a book. I am not why I should be fearful that an electronic device is going to lead me to neglect my life because of an obsession with it. Sorry but I simply disagree with your premise.
I don't think many people in this thread are teenagers. I am an adult and I am perfectly capable of making choices regarding how much or how little I want to be on the computer or spend with a smartphone, or watch TV, or read a book. I am not why I should be fearful that an electronic device is going to lead me to neglect my life because of an obsession with it. Sorry but I simply disagree with your premise.
Not saying anyone here is a teen - just giving an example. Regardless, teens that have lived in a world consumed by tech will become adults in a short amount of time. Their teen years set the stage for adulthood. Does the correlation between unhappiness and smartphone usage carry over to adulthood? Probably too early to tell given that the explosion in smartphone usage only started about 10 years ago. Hard for me to see teens substantially cutting back on smartphone usage. If anything, our lives become more and more intertwined with them every year.
Prevalence rates of smartphone-related compulsive behavior, functional impairment, tolerance and withdrawal symptoms were substantial. 35.9% felt tired during daytime due to late-night smartphone use, 38.1% acknowledged decreased sleep quality, and 35.8% slept less than four hours due to smartphone use more than once. Whereas gender, residence, work hours per week, faculty, academic performance (GPA), lifestyle habits (smoking and alcohol drinking), and religious practice did not associate with smartphone addiction score; personality type A, class (year 2 vs. year 3), younger age at first smartphone use, excessive use during a weekday, using it for entertainment and not using it to call family members, and having depression or anxiety, showed statistically significant associations with smartphone addiction. Depression and anxiety scores emerged as independent positive predictors of smartphone addiction, after adjustment for confounders.
My cell phone has a built in battery, it doesn't rely upon electrical power. We also have a solar charger on hand for charging battery operated flashlights and our phones if necessary. I am not sure what my phone does for me that I would no longer be able to do it for myself if I didn't have it, my bank and utility records are stored at the service providers business. I access them on my phone but if I needed hard copies I would simply call the bank or utility company.
You missed my point, what happens if the disaster as such takes out the service providers business and back ups? No more banks, No more phone companies, no more anything that people rely on now. very few still have paper back ups stored somewhere. Most people don't keep paper back ups of records at home either, at least not complete ones.
There's a lot of dystopian novels out there about this subject - what happens after the nuke destroys civilization, etc.etc. It fascinates people because I think we realize we have gotten so dependent on all these gadgets. The worst thing is, of course, that our families have dispersed all over the US and if something like that happened, we would probably never see them again - no phones, no post office, no transportation. A bit off subject, I realize
You missed my point, what happens if the disaster as such takes out the service providers business and back ups? No more banks, No more phone companies, no more anything that people rely on now. very few still have paper back ups stored somewhere. Most people don't keep paper back ups of records at home either, at least not complete ones.
If that happens then I don't think I will need to worry about paying my bills
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