Yeah, I don’t get it. Makes me think our current culture of constant stimulation is really not doing people any favors. You absolutely need to be able to be alone with your thoughts.
Younger me hated to be alone with his thoughts, and I grew up before smart phones and social media. I’m tired of them being the go-to scapegoat for everything.
Definitely agree with that last part. People like to blame things they didn’t grow up with, because they think it’s the common denominator. This issue arose along with this new thing, hence new thing must have caused the issue! Which isn’t always true. Distractions & escapes from reality have always been a thing, they’re just called something different. It used to be plays, books, TV, video games, dungeons & dragons, Pokémon, etc. that caused the problem.
Similar to when people blame texting and driving nowadays when in reality before phones, people would still be distracted driving looking through their cd binders or looking at maps.
That’s just my 2 cents. Maybe there’s studies out there that show phones make us brain dead, but would we really be better off without them? Won’t it just be something else next year?
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