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Re:Life before smartphones (2020) by paxys on Monday August 02, 2021 @04:53PM (#28042490)
Is any of this backed by real facts or just your "kids these days" observations? Today's youth is better suited for dealing with smartphones and the overall connected world than we could ever be. All the people I know with real technological addiction problems (whether to smartphones, social media, scams, online radicalization or anything else) are like 45+.
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Re:Life before smartphones (2020) by res0nat0r on Monday August 02, 2021 @09:39PM (#28044824)
I kind of think of this picture when people get a bit overzealous on blaming the phone for everything: https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-8e4223c6702a14f56c69c0...
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Re:Life before smartphones (2020) by mojuba on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @05:21AM (#28047154)
Funny, however: a newspaper that learns about what you like and can infinitely supply the most engaging material is not the same as a newspaper that doesn't.
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Re:Life before smartphones (2020) by ratsforhorses on Monday August 02, 2021 @10:20PM (#28045069)
https://stareintothelightsmypretties.jore.cc/ have you seen this? Also really recommend reading "what the internet is doing to our brains" by N. Carr
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Re:Life before smartphones (2020) by freshdonut on Monday August 02, 2021 @05:30PM (#28042938)
> All the people I know with real technological addiction > problems (whether to smartphones, social media, scams, online radicalization or anything else) are like 45+.

Exactly. No one is safe. Everyone I know in my age group (15-26) can not exist without opening up their smartphone every 5 seconds to check social media or watch YouTube.

There was a good documentary about this topic called The Social Network. You may have heard of it. I think it is a good starting point to this way of thinking.

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Re:Life before smartphones (2020) by anigbrowl on Monday August 02, 2021 @06:48PM (#28043681)
I like how you quoted the post without reading it.
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Re:Life before smartphones (2020) by Sebb767 on Monday August 02, 2021 @05:55PM (#28043199)
> There was a good documentary about this topic called The Social Network.

Are you talking about the movie about Mark Zuckerberg? Because this movie is not bad, but it's definitely not a documentary.

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Re:Life before smartphones (2020) by bombela on Monday August 02, 2021 @06:30PM (#28043496)
Maybe the GP was thinking of the documentary/drama: The Social Dilemma
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Re:Life before smartphones (2020) by freshdonut on Monday August 02, 2021 @06:37PM (#28043568)
Yeah sorry I meant the The Social Dilemma.
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