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Re:Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? by DomreiRoam on Thursday August 03, 2017 @11:26AM (#14920394)
I think we can't see the 2008 the 2008 as only a one time event because the 2008 crisis caused a period of stress for a while for a lot of families.

I agree that the smartphone has a strong addictive power but so does the internet, alcohol, various drugs ... It wasn't alone in a "source of shifting stressors".

So I think it s difficult for me to be completely convinced on this thesis because they didn't speak about the nearly concomitant 2008 event that in my mind could explain why teenager would fall to addiction. The fact that the smartphone was the new addiction is not irrelevant but it isn't the full explanation.

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Re:Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? by zimpenfish on Thursday August 03, 2017 @11:34AM (#14920457)
> the 2008 crisis caused a period of stress for a while for a lot of families.

And likely still is due to the long term ramifications.

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