[rbg81]

I have gotten a little side tracked but I think that all these computer and electronic distractions combined with a poor diet and almost complete lack of physical activity has made our young people fatter, and less attractive to one another. ============================================================
My 2 cents is that access to unlimited information and smartphones has had the following effects:
1. Allowed people to create their own information bubbles
2. Distort reality
3. Degrade civility
4. Reduce common sense
5. Reduce physical activity, which in turn reduces attractiveness

I tell some people this and they just label me an old curmudgeon. However, I don’t think it is age. If anything, my experience better allows me to compare now & then.

I think the smartphones especially give people a sense of power and invulnerability. They imagine they can influence the world by using hashtags or liking something. It distorts reality and is a dangerous delusion.

I use my computer a lot but do not own a smartphone on purpose (just a plain flip phone).

[fireman15]

My 2 cents is that access to unlimited information and smartphones has had the following effects:
1. Allowed people to create their own information bubbles
2. Distort reality
3. Degrade civility
4. Reduce common sense
5. Reduce physical activity, which in turn reduces attractiveness

As a young person I truly believed that one day everyone in all parts of the world would have a good opportunity for happiness and prosperity because of technology. Now I am glad that I was born in the time period that I was.