Are Smart Phones Creating Dumb People?

Nope! They are definitely not important people. Seems more likely that they are uneducated and bad mannered sheep!
Devi said:
I'll add to what I said above. I do wonder if persons always being on a phone while in the midst of people is a way to announce their importance.
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These days there is a new "society ignored and maybe approved drug" called Smartphone Addiction. I looked it up yesterday on Google and it's very interesting. I did this after watching my grown-up daughter who carries the smartphone around with her all day. She puts it in front of her on the table when she eats, has it in the bathroom when doing makeup in the morning and believe it or not, she sleeps with the smartphone. On a car trip to visit family (1 hour, 10 minutes one way) she stayed glued to her phone, missing any sites). If you don't think that there is something wrong here, then my name ain't "Packerjohn" and maybe you too have the same addiction!
 
I heard the word Doomscrolling for the first time today.. apparently it's causing and creating mental illness in the people who are obsessively searching for bad news on their phones.. it means thus..


Doomscrolling or doomsurfing is the act of spending an excessive amount of screen time devoted to the absorption of negative news. Increased consumption of predominantly negative news may result in harmful psychophysiological responses in some.
 
My smart phone is on 24/7 and if my Joey (or other children) has an issue I can be instantly contacted. Such a relief. Remember the days when you didn’t have this ability, to respond instantly to a loved ones needs?

Remember the nights, and days, waiting to hear the news of a hospitalized relative? A missing family member -victim of a national disaster? The call of a son serving overseas? Smart phones are a blessing. Smart phones create a connection to the world.
 
I only use mine for texting- on average, every couple of weeks, and calls only when absolutely necessary. Plus checking the weather report- before I got current phone where I can't find it.
But as for all the other stuff people use cell phones for- nope, not interested.
 
Alligatorob said:
In my case I do feel a little dumb that I can't do 99% of what my phone is supposed to do.
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Are Smart Phones Creating Dumb People? Like Alligatorob I am a complete dunce with my smart phone, it's far too smart for me. In the eleven years that I have had it I found that it had a torch/flashlight, that took three years to discover, another two years would go by before I knew there was a camera, and here I am, eleven years on and I'm still none the wiser how to connect it to the internet.

Now if you wanted to know about indices, no problem:
Index laws are the rules for simplifying expressions involving powers of the same base number. = ( 3 √ 27)2 = (3)2 = 9. (2)
Watch out for powers of negative numbers. For example, (−2)3 = −8 and (−2)4 = 16, so (−x)5 = −x5 and (−x)6 = x6.
See, simple.
 
Aneeda72 said:
My smart phone is on 24/7 and if my Joey (or other children) has an issue I can be instantly contacted. Such a relief. Remember the days when you didn’t have this ability, to respond instantly to a loved ones needs?

Remember the nights, and days, waiting to hear the news of a hospitalized relative? A missing family member -victim of a national disaster? The call of a son serving overseas? Smart phones are a blessing. Smart phones create a connection to the world.
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Yes, our society seems to want everything, NOW! Unfortunately stress, heart attacks and depression is up. There are many health reasons for not be with your cell phone 24/7. Read the following:

https://www.verywellhealth.com/reasons-why-you-should-not-sleep-with-your-cell-phone-4
 
fuzzybuddy said:

Are Smart Phones Creating Dumb People?​

No! We had plenty of really dumb people way before they invented Smart Phones. Just ask Siri.
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Correct, dumb people have been around since biblical times. However, it appears that dumb people get addicted much faster than the smart people who actually have a life beside the phone. There is a life before and beyond the smartphone but for the dumb people the smartphone is their entire life. They can't seem to live without it. Humans lived thousands of years before Billy Gates and Mr. Job.
 
I've been using my smartphone to read ebooks since it has better resolution than my tablet, plus it's easier to hold. It can be used to control the TV and streaming, but I haven't transitioned yet from the remote... probably because I'm far sighted and can see the TV without without having to wear my glasses.
 
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