I hope that you are joking, since this is a classical "first world" problem. Smartphones are behind the Internet the greatest innovation in the last 2 centuries

I hope that you are joking, since this is a classical "first world" problem. Smartphones are behind the Internet the greatest innovation in the last 2 centuries. Never before have we as a species become more connected, and never in the human history has been so much abundance and opportunities for people of all sorts of backgrounds. I don't want to write an essay, but you should read Industries of the Future by Alec Ross ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25111341-the-industries-of-the-future https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25111341-the-industries-... ). He gives you a complete story and background behind the smartphone revolution. One of the examples is the smartphone penetration in Africa, more people in Congo have smartphones than they have canalization, and for good reason. People are using their devices as a bank account (since a lot of banks refuse to service these areas), farmers are using their devices to compete in more marketplaces. There are so many positives by technology and smartphones, that I cannot fathom that someone would go around and spread opinions that the harm outweighs the benefits. Privacy and "social media disease" are unimportant compared to the benefits they give, you think my mother would rather give up social media because of Facebook tracking than be able to talk to her own twin brother who lives 3 countries away and sees her 2 times a year?