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My hunch is that this isn't the primary reason for such high loneliness though. If smartphone and internet use is contributing so substantially to loneliness, y
by justamonkfish 8y ago
My hunch is that this isn't the primary reason for such high loneliness though. If smartphone and internet use is contributing so substantially to loneliness, you might expect loneliness to be increasing across the world. I am not sure if that is the case, but I would be surprised if all other countries with equivalent internet and smartphone usage would have similar rates of loneliness.
- TangoTrotFox 8y agoWas looking for this response as it's the key point. If you're going to make a hypothesis that A leads to B then you should at other countries that also have A (in this case, lots of smart phones and internet) and see if they also have B (in this case loneliness). That doesn't seem to be the case, certainly not anywhere near the rate in the US. This basic practice refutes a really large percent of unfounded views, and so is really a good habit to get into when looking to explain things.