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I've gone overboard with it at times, but overall, it's been a boon. Many of these are similar to 6.7traveler's post...
Work and employment...
-take calls from an employer, while I already have a job or looking for one
-take text messages from an employer -------
-leave and send voice mails to/from an employer
-Many of my employer's firewalls and network settings block certain sites. Checking on my phone (since it goes through my cell data instead), half of those sites have actually been useful (how to do certain things in Microsoft Office, other productivity and programming tools)
-GPS to find my way to an interview
General...
I've used many of the above in non-work situations too
-games
-digi-cam
-converters
-reference apps
-practice exams for a tech certification
-taking notes
-dating apps
-email
-flashlight app
I've gone overboard with it at times, but overall, it's been a boon. Many of these are similar to 6.7traveler's post...
No one here ever debated the many uses of the phone, or the number of "apps" you can get for it.
What is at issue here is whether you could live a normal life without it; how much time you spend with your nose glued to it, whether you can find another way to do those things, whether it distracts you from your surroundings, interferes with your social connections (in person), or has become an addiction.
Only you can answer these questions. If you cannot live your life without that 'device' there to help you -- in essence, being a "nanny" to you -- then you are addicted to it.
personally losing "technology" whether that is electricity, the internet, or a smartphone(which I don't have-just an old basic Nokia mobile phone) dosent bother me one bit, but there are many people who have told me via forums that they don't want to and will not be able to live without them in the event of SHTF.
step grandchildren are online and gaming 24/7 and that is the generation who wont be able to cope. and they will be the adults of the future.
No one here ever debated the many uses of the phone, or the number of "apps" you can get for it.
What is at issue here is whether you could live a normal life without it; how much time you spend with your nose glued to it, whether you can find another way to do those things, whether it distracts you from your surroundings, interferes with your social connections (in person), or has become an addiction.
Only you can answer these questions. If you cannot live your life without that 'device' there to help you -- in essence, being a "nanny" to you -- then you are addicted to it.
Yes. For internet, I'll just check on my computer. I can watch TV on computer and TV. Movies on computer and TV.
However, I've always imagined that if I were alive any other time, I'd be distracted by other things anyways.
I first started practicing medicine when "pagers"- simple devices that beeped to let you know you had to call the answering service for a message-- came into use. Then they "improved" (? was it someone I didn't want to talk to) by displaying a phone number to call. Then came cellphones, so we were in constant touch with the whole world.
I can't honestly say that any outcomes of medical situations actually improved by improving the immediacy of physician availability. But the profits of the service providers certainly improved.
some people seem to have missed the point, we are talking here about being addicted to your smart phone in a crisis when the systems will be in lockdown, not functioning and unavailable.
if you are one of those people(like my SIL) who must answer the phone as soon as it rings or when a message or text is received, in a survival situation you will have a problem, if you cant live without your phone they you probably wont, live that is
I think that closely tied to this is
the addiction to Facebook....
So many people post every stupid thought,
along with numerous stupid pics & memes.....
That's a huge part of their addiction &
they're on the stupid phones doing it.....
So for those of us who don't do Facebook,
It's one less ridiculous distraction......
I think that closely tied to this is
the addiction to Facebook....
So many people post every stupid thought,
along with numerous stupid pics & memes.....
That's a huge part of their addiction &
they're on the stupid phones doing it.....
So for those of us who don't do Facebook,
It's one less ridiculous distraction......
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