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Smartphone usage is a threat to essential components of our humanity
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 6y agoA lot of these same objections apply to books and reading. But a headline “Books and reading are a threat to essential components of our humanity” would not be regarded as serious.
- EVdotIO 6y agohttps://books.google.com/books?id=KotNfPWeoO0C&pg=PA1115&lpg=PA1115&dq=the+bane+of+cheap+reading&source=bl&ots=okRVoi9mya&sig=ACfU3U3AnVijZevXdDbpZNjowjcaHLfgGw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiYz833hrLpAhUiZjUKHY6qDRIQ6AEwBXoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=the%20bane%20of%20cheap%20reading&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=KotNfPWeoO0C&pg=PA1115&lpg... It's a sentiment pretty much as old as time.
- Kwombinator 6y agoWith all due respect, but I don't think you read the article. Phone usage patterns and the interruptions they cause are wildly different than book reading.