>> Before smartphones, people regularly experienced true downtime
Was there not a similar argument made as newspapers became commonplace? Before that the same argument had been made for books but newspapers were on another level - they were effectively limitless drugs, affordable and every single day a new one was available. Instead of talking, laughing and joking with the other workers waiting at the bus stop or in the canteen or whatever, instead you had a sea of silent men reading newspapers.
I’m not convinced phones are without potential harm, but I’m hesitant to get too worked up about them vs. What’s gone before.
Was there not a similar argument made as newspapers became commonplace? Before that the same argument had been made for books but newspapers were on another level - they were effectively limitless drugs, affordable and every single day a new one was available. Instead of talking, laughing and joking with the other workers waiting at the bus stop or in the canteen or whatever, instead you had a sea of silent men reading newspapers.
I’m not convinced phones are without potential harm, but I’m hesitant to get too worked up about them vs. What’s gone before.