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 ...
“I don’t like text conversations. “
No doubt. 10 minutes of texting to do maybe 1 minute of talking. I’ve heard millenials say they don’t like to talk on their phones, I’m guessing for privacy.
I think treating smartphone-related neck and wrist/thumb problems will be very lucrative in the years ahead.
“...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).”
Or FR pings...
;-)
I’ve read all the responses to this thread and, so far, I guess I’m just weird. Never owned a cell phone. Have used one maybe three or four times.
I have friends my age (70s) who are addicted to their phones. If we’re having lunch they can’t go more than 10 minutes without checking their phones. That puts a real dent in the conversation and for a minute or so it’s like they’ve built a wall around themselves.
Each year I keep a count of the number of times I have said to myself, “Gee, wish I had a cell phone right now.” The yearly count has never exceeded eight. For 2017, I’m at four.
Perhaps my life is too simple.
Ditto your ;-)
My folks never got a pc, and mom only had a flip phone for travel emergency. Landline with message recording was it for them. They visited friends, traveled, had hobbies, watched TV and read books for leisure. Everyone talked at their kitchen table. That’s disappearing...
Better learn to be Ham Radio operators then if you can’t go with out your cell phone. Learn to read a book too.
If the computer had issues I’d give it to hubby to fix. Taught the stuff for close to 40 yrs.
[[I don’t know. Maybe a telephone in a prison cell?]]
Exactly why i hope i never have one lol
“I’m guessing for privacy.”
they don’t like human contact.
Shame on us for that.
“they don’t like human contact.”
But, but, I thought daycare was supposed to better socialize them...
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