Smartphones are a fad
By Edward Willis (
http://encw.xyz)
Published Jan/30/2023
No invention has changed our lives more substantially over the last 20 years
than the smartphone. These devices have become our constant companions. Parting
with them fills us with anxiety and dread. Large numbers of people say, in
surveys, that they'd rather give up their pet, sex, hygiene, or even their
spouse, than their smartphone. One in ten young people would supposedly rather
lose a finger.
And yet, smartphones aren't making people happy. Study after study shows that
smartphones, and the social media applications that run on them, make us
unhappy. And it stands to reason; anything that addicting and dysfunctional is
bound to lead to unhappiness.
Human beings have a great intellectual ability, and that allows us the creation
of such marvels as smartphones. Unfortunately, we as of yet lack, on a broad
based societal level, the wisdom to holistically analyze our technology and our
own nature, for compatibility.
What we do have is endless greed, and that greed exploits our intellectual
ability, as well as human nature, regardless of the individual and societal
consequences.
Maybe it is then a case of uncharacteristic optimism for me to say that
smartphones are a fad, but I think eventually, like with cigarettes, societal
opinion will catch up to the damaging reality of these devices.
In the meantime, why not get ahead of the curve, and get rid of yours?
Did you just viscerally recoil from that thought like Bilbo being asked to part
ways with the One Ring? If so, then maybe you've had that phone long enough.
