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Re:The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Co... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @02:21AM (#14642921)
I think if anything, the talk about moral decline can be ignored completely. It seems people have been complaining about moral decline since earliest written records.
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Re:The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Co... by icebraining on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @02:51AM (#14643007)
Alternatively, it does decline and raise, in cycles, and the complaining may be what helps it raise.

I don't think so, but a regular decline isn't impossible.

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Re:The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Co... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @03:06AM (#14643065)
Didn't consider that, thanks. Yeah, it works as a possible explanation, though I don't buy into it either.
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Re:The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Co... by honestoHeminway on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @10:10AM (#14645502)
Even the talk on moral decline has declined. I remember in my youth we where mor meta..
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