Every single time Haidt posts something someone surely screams here: "But people said the same thing about books too!". Since I couldn't find the comments from

Every single time Haidt posts something someone surely screams here: "But people said the same thing about books too!". Since I couldn't find the comments from the past thread, let me scream the usual reply: And they were right. Books, newspapers, radio, television, smartphones. All of them weakened the social bonds between people, gradually moving us away from the way of living which we were biologically designed for. The social bonds are instead got replaced by bonds with institutions and technological gadgets. But they are exactly like junk food: They appear to satisfy the desire, but are never a substitute, and always lack the critical nutrients we need. For replies going to accuse me of intellectual hypocrisy: I do believe all technology is evil. You can accuse me of practical hypocrisy instead, since I'm a software dev.