So increased smartphone usage may be impairing our reflective abilities, but to play devil's advocate, what is it imparting instead which is beneficial? As the

So increased smartphone usage may be impairing our reflective abilities, but to play devil's advocate, what is it imparting instead which is beneficial? As the article notes, a thought may be tweeted out to others instantly and developed in a public forum instead of in isolation in the thinker's head. That may very well result in better thoughts, particularly for people who never had very complex ideas in the first place.