I think this is correct, but I also have a sense that smartphones and infinite scroll algorithmic social media feeds have acted as a one-two punch, significant

I think this is correct, but I also have a sense that smartphones and infinite scroll algorithmic social media feeds have acted as a one-two punch, significantly more impactful in combination than each would have been individually. Modern social media provides effectively limitless opportunity for consumption, but smartphones unlock the ability to actually drink from that firehose regardless of time or place. Rest is critical for recovery from any sort of stress, but for many people today there is zero rest from this stuff, it’s first thing in the morning through last thing at night, it’s in the car while driving, it’s during the thirty seconds between customers at work, it’s on the beach, in the pool, waiting in line at the post office, at the dinner table, during a movie at the theater, on the toilet, on an airplane, and a million other times and places that would otherwise provide “rest” if it weren’t for smartphones.