Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?

[David Horn]

(08-14-2017, 04:38 PM)Kinser79 Wrote:

(08-14-2017, 03:15 PM)David Horn Wrote:

(08-13-2017, 04:10 PM)Kinser79 Wrote:

(08-08-2017, 08:24 AM)gabrielle Wrote: The thing is, the headline for this article doesn't really come to the right conclusion.  It's not smartphones that are ruining people's lives, it's social media.  Teens aren't compulsively checking their phones throughout the night to look up facts or even to watch the latest pop video over again, they're checking for updates on whatever social media they use and seeing how many likes or whatever they have gotten.  As stated in the article, it has been documented that people who use facebook frequently are more likely to be depressed than those who do not.  Smart phones are simply making it easier to feed the addiction.

Precisely why some have started moving against it.  I would argue that the smarter ones in Gen Zed have already dropped out.  Xers like myself were never much enthused by it to start with.

"Smarter" is always a minority -- by definition.  The majority still wants validation.  These devices and their apps make that readily available and fully addictive.  I agree that a reaction will occur, and the smart will lead the way, just not yet.

Minorities* are always the movers and shakers in society.  If it turned on the majority we'd be nothing more than domesticated cattle.  The back lash is being lead by a minority of Zeds and Millies now by the 2T, assuming society isn't destroyed in something stupid, social media will come to be seen as a networking tool and not a substitute for real world action and real world interactions.

*Note:  I mean minority as in a numerically smaller group and not the racial sense which honestly is stupid construction of stupid people pretending to be real academics.

True, but I still feel it's far too early to expect much at this point.