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Note that I can do all of that with my Sony TV. And this idea that a smartphone is a necessity is ridiculous given that most of the world doesn't have one.
by threeseed 6y ago
Note that I can do all of that with my Sony TV.
And this idea that a smartphone is a necessity is ridiculous given that most of the world doesn't have one.
- mthoms 6y agoMost of the world doesn't have toilets, running water or democratically elected governments either. But in the west those are still considered "necessities". I'm not equating the need for a smartphone with the above things, of course. The point is that "necessity" in this context is relative to those you compete with, and is not a binary black or white. It's a scale of grey. In my opinion, having an informed, engaged, educated, and well connected populace is indeed a necessity. The smartphone (+ the internet) facilitates that better than any invention since the printing press IMHO.