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> The crazy part is, not one single person I know thinks of it as a bad thing That's what gets me the most. We all have an insane addiction, yet nobody seems t

• mantas 4y ago
  Religion/acohol/coffee makes a society work. One gives a common background for a community, another gives stress relief valve and helps mating, the third one lets people stay on the clock and focused. Meanwhile phone disrupts all of those. Tears apart communities into online bubbles managed by algorithms, increases stress and prevents mating and shortens attention span and disrupts focus.
• allenu 4y ago
  It's fascinating because ten years ago, people did talk about it. I remember when everybody started getting smart phones, when someone whipped out their phone, somebody would inevitably comment on it, like "Oh, we're playing with our phones out now?" and then would follow suit. (Most likely because they wanted to check something on their phone as well.) It was almost a faux pas at first to sneak a peek at your phone when having a meal or coffee with someone, but nowadays, nobody bats an eyelash. I very much remember people consciously trying to put their phones away or face them down on the table since it was so distracting to everyone. I suppose for someone who's 25 years old now, it's not necessarily a social transition that they experienced.
  • baby 4y ago
    I read this as I’m sitting in a social circle in a park and started checking HN on my phone as people were around