We were always "dependant" on everything a phone does. We've always needed directions. We've always needed to communicate with friends and family. We've always

We were always "dependant" on everything a phone does. We've always needed directions. We've always needed to communicate with friends and family. We've always needed to manage our finances, buy tickets, listen to music, take photographs, read and watch media, keep up with the news, look at porn and use a fucking calculator. I don't think it's the phones at all, I think it's the companies that are abusing our phones as they vy for our attention and data and money. But a smartphone as a baseline concept is the single most useful tool anyone has ever owned.