Posted on 08/28/2017 11:28:36 PM PDT by upchuck
In 2017, you can walk down any street almost anywhere in the world and see more people looking down at their cell phones than those looking up.
Our cell phones are often the majority owners of both our eyeballs and our attention. And, its not that hard to see why.
Cell phones are the jack-of-all-trades tool. Within minutes, we can communicate with the masses, get directions for where we are headed, order dinner for the night, and find the net worth of Mark Wahlberg to squash that debate once and for all.
All of this resourcefulness on the part of our mobile device has not only made us attached to our phone, it has made us crave our phone.
Not too long ago, 60 Minutes featured a segment in which a former Google product manager, Tristan Harris, discussed how programmers in Silicon Valley have engineered our phones like a slot machine, something that we habitually need to check to see if we won a reward (ex. a red Facebook notification).
On the same show, psychologist Larry Rosen discussed his findings that revealed that the brain releases the hormone cortisol, a chemical that initiates a flight-or-fight response to danger, when someone spends too much time away from his or her phone. The result of the cortisol is that we become anxious and are compelled to peek at our phones.
"Eventually your goal is to get rid of that anxiety, so you check in," Rosen said.
LendEDU commissioned a months-long poll to put some statistical data behind these discomforting findings, and the results only further reinforce the theory.
(Excerpt) Read more at lendedu.com ...
Michaels and Hobby Lobby? Two of the biggest nationwide craft stores! :)
Perhaps you aren't into crafting. ;)
“what’s a cell phone? “
I don’t know. Maybe a telephone in a prison cell?
I have a flip phone only and I keep the rules I have lived with my whole life — if I am near the phone I will answer it, but if I go out and forget the phone, 1980’s rules apply, meaning that I will return the call/text when I get home and have a message.
Simple.
Sometimes I think you old timers are more obsessed with your “flip” phones then the millennial are with their “smart” phones. Always here bragging on them and speaking of “simplicity “!
I have an iPhone and an iPad mini, both recent updates. Can’t do without them for everything like Kindle reading, videos, handling business — and posting this on FR. The iPhone is rarely used for actual phone calls. I have a MacBook but rarely use it.
I guess a “flip” phone is the closest thing to a “phone” as we can still get. I haven’t had a traditional land-line telephone/tape answering machine since the 1990’s. For 20+ years, a (version of) “flip” phone has been THE phone. The distinction from the current “smart” phone is, I haven’t let the phone morph into an incessant intrusion into every fabric of my mental processes. It’s still just a thing I (mostly) talk on ...
For me, it’s a tool. I do not fear technology. Nor do I allow it to rule over me.
The I phone is a computer with a phone app
Do NOT own a cellphone...really don’t understand the fascination.
You’re so right - I use my iPhone much more as a computer than a phone!
If people are focused on their phone, they are insulated.
The flip phone is a poor value considering all the features you give up to use one. I’ve had some elderly relatives that were also initially frightened of the smart phone but they eventually converted because they realized they were missing out on so much.
Like I said, I use the technology as a tool that makes my life easier in many ways. I do a lot of traveling so the apps allow me to book hotel rooms, display boarding passes, obtain ground transportation, rent cars, etc. Yeah, you can do all those things the good old-fashioned way but it’s a needless hassle and a lot of unnecessary phone calls and standing in lines.
I know the stereotype of a smartphone user is a moron that plays Candy Crunch and Pokémon all day while receiving kitten pictures on Facebook texts from their mindless friends but speaking for myself, I’ve never downloaded a single game app.
I don’t carry a cellphone but do use the puter a lot. I have accused people of needing a cellphone to find a bathroom AND instructions on how to use the bathroom.
It’s all part of the Master Plan. People will eventually be brainwashed through their phones. I forget the name of the movie with Morlocks but it’s coming.
I have desperately needed mine x 2 in the last 15 years when my car broke out on the highway. These 2 times having it was a God-send.
Otherwise, not having it is no cause for anxiety.
Cell phones were useless in the Houston area during the storm except for texting.
without public pay phones on every corner, why wouldn’t we be a little anxious in today’s not so safe and peaceful atmosphere? I get nervous because OTHERS depend on me! However, come to think of it, if I’m not around then God will send someone else.
For me? I’ll ask anyone to use a phone if I need it or take care of myself. At night, I keep 2 with me...LOL
Retarded at best
Well nowadays, a "cell-phone" IS a computer.
There you have it!
(let's all walk into traffic now)
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