Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? (2017)
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Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? (2017)
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#2Depends if you think horns aren't cool https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/21/are-yo...
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#3Looking at most of that data, a lot of this seems to be a combination of a tanking economy/jobs market/gig economy, and a technology that allows one to feel more connected without having to spend money to go out. The iPhone has worn the continuing echoes of late stage capitalism like a glove, and in the same way the homeless use drugs to make their shitty lives more bearable, it seems to me people are doing the same with phones. You can sleep anywhere if you're drunk, and you don't have to spend money by going out (goods and transport) if you have your phone/and/or services that popped up to support the interwebs 2.0.
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#4Yes.
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#5Looking at most of that data, a lot of this seems to be a combination of a tanking economy/jobs market/gig economy, and a technology that allows one to feel more connected without having to spend money to go out. The iPhone has worn the continuing echoes of late stage capitalism like a glove, and in the same way the homeless use drugs to make their shitty lives more bearable, it seems to me people are doing the same…
How is the economy tanking?
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#6Looking at most of that data, a lot of this seems to be a combination of a tanking economy/jobs market/gig economy, and a technology that allows one to feel more connected without having to spend money to go out. The iPhone has worn the continuing echoes of late stage capitalism like a glove, and in the same way the homeless use drugs to make their shitty lives more bearable, it seems to me people are doing the same…
How is the economy tanking?
For the lower and middle classes, expenses keep getting more expensey and wages seem not to budge.
Incomes https://www.advisorperspectives.com/dshort/updates/2018/10/1...
Housing https://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/24/home-prices-rising-faster-th...
College Tuition https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/29/how-much-college-tuition-has...
Of course the economy for the millionaires and billionaires has been booming. A great time.
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#7More than a mental health crisis or go outside more, the biggest harm that social+smartphone has ever done is end of creating things. The new generation is spending huge amount of time in consumption and very little in creation. This is going to be a boon for the producers (book writers, movie makers etc) who will be in short supply for much larger consumption crowd. This will eventually be reflected in massive wealth gap where someone mints out large some of money out of 5 minute YouTube video becoming money sinks and while consumption crowd simply becomes money sources.
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#8If/when I have kids, I think I'll be doing everything I can to keep them off smart phones (or at least, YouTube + social media + games like Fornite).
All these platforms seem explicitly designed to exploit insecurities and encourage a mindless mob mentality. It's the antithesis of individualism and I cannot see how it could possibly improve one's life (at least, before you have the maturity to be comfortable in your own skin).
The more I read articles like this, the more I think the whole thing is pure toxicity.
I don't know how realistic or practical it's going to be to ban smartphones/social media, while still encouraging programming, internet research, experimentation and so on.
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#9More than a mental health crisis or go outside more, the biggest harm that social+smartphone has ever done is end of creating things . The new generation is spending huge amount of time in consumption and very little in creation. This is going to be a boon for the producers (book writers, movie makers etc) who will be in short supply for much larger consumption crowd. This will eventually be reflected in massive weal…
Depends what you mean by things. A lot of kids fancy themselves as YouTube celebs, creating video content. Sharing photos is also creative.
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#10More than a mental health crisis or go outside more, the biggest harm that social+smartphone has ever done is end of creating things . The new generation is spending huge amount of time in consumption and very little in creation. This is going to be a boon for the producers (book writers, movie makers etc) who will be in short supply for much larger consumption crowd. This will eventually be reflected in massive weal…
A greater fraction of people are creating text, photos, and video to be seen by other people than at any previous time in human history.