And I'll wager that a goodly number of people who have smart phones don't need them either.
My take on the situation will continue later as today is hair cut day.
Yesterday was history club, and Tuesday was a Christian Values town hall with Raul Labrador who is running for governor of Idaho. In addition, on Tuesday I met with the HVAC peeps who are going to clean my ducts. But first the poor apprentice HVAC dude had to slither around in the crawl space looking for any damage to the duct work allowing for mice to have rave parties every night in my house. Mice are, no doubt, the original party animal. On the upside no damage was found and we haven't seen a mouse in 3 weeks. On the down side, every time the furnace comes on I just about gag at the thought of mouse poo air being blown around my house.
On Nov. 2 they will clean and sterilize my ducts. Yay! If you've never had your duct work cleaned you may want to think about having it done.
Okay - back to the smartphones. Read this and later I'l expand on my thoughts.
From Break the Twitch:
We’re using smartphones and other mobile devices more than ever before, and there is no shortage of evidence. Even anecdotally, just take a look at any place where people have to wait: stop lights, bus stops, checkout lines, restaurants, and parks. There’s no sign that this trend is reversing, either—despite the fact that high levels of screen time have been shown to have substantial negative effects.
- The mere presence of your smartphone is reducing your cognitive capacity.
- Over-dependence on smartphones leads to user stress and is correlated to psychological traits including loss of control, social interaction anxiety, and materialism.
- There’s a strong link between the amount of time teens spend looking at screens and how sad they feel.
Along with that, who knows what issues we’ll see surface over the next decade as the technology we use is forced to become even more addictive in order to compete in today’s attention marketplace. There are some pretty alarming statistics that give you a good idea of where things are now, and where we’re headed. Read the Rest and watch his video below
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