Let's face it: Hundreds of millions of people around the world are addicted to their smartphones. Everywhere we go, we see people with their eyes glued to their smartphone screens, scanning the latest information, texting away or gaming.
But as we're beginning to find out, this Information Age addiction is not healthy. As noted by Mind Body Green, researchers are discovering that smartphone addiction is rewiring our minds and decreasing our memory and attention spans, as well as bolstering our anxiety levels.
In addition, notes Gallup, 81 percent of us have our phones within arm's reach and check it at least once per hour. Further, one in five young people admit to checking their smartphones at least once every five minutes.
In short order, this 21st century technological marvel has evolved from making our lives more convenient by being able to communicate anywhere, to plugging us all into the same techno-drug. We see couples supposedly on a romantic date who can't take their faces out of their phones. Parents stare into them as they ignore their children. Motorists kill themselves and others because they can't drive without texting ... and so on. Being "common" does not make something "normal." Full story...
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But as we're beginning to find out, this Information Age addiction is not healthy. As noted by Mind Body Green, researchers are discovering that smartphone addiction is rewiring our minds and decreasing our memory and attention spans, as well as bolstering our anxiety levels.
In addition, notes Gallup, 81 percent of us have our phones within arm's reach and check it at least once per hour. Further, one in five young people admit to checking their smartphones at least once every five minutes.
In short order, this 21st century technological marvel has evolved from making our lives more convenient by being able to communicate anywhere, to plugging us all into the same techno-drug. We see couples supposedly on a romantic date who can't take their faces out of their phones. Parents stare into them as they ignore their children. Motorists kill themselves and others because they can't drive without texting ... and so on. Being "common" does not make something "normal." Full story...
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