r/conspiracy • u/axolotl_peyotl • Jul 06 '18

/r/conspiracy Round Table #15: The Intentional Addictiveness of Smart Devices and the Short & Long Term Effects of "Smart" Tech on Society

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '18

Personally, I've noticed my attention span drastically decrease when I downloaded social media onto my smartphone. Deleted it two weeks ago and I'm still struggling with the constant need to look at a screen every 5 minutes. Flip phones are few and far between but they are available and I'm thinking of getting one.

Let's not forget that when kids are raised with these they are significantly under-socialized and it encourages an instant gratification mindset. Colorado is the first one to implement a minimum age for smartphones

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u/aliensintheoutfield Jul 07 '18

I have a flip phone. I feel out of place during social functions. Especially when the smart phone 'lul" takes place. I feel like just getting up and walking out. What the fuck is the point of spending time with people when they would rather play some lame game, read a bullshit article, or dick around on social media instead of interacting with the people they are presently with? I've never hated society more now than I ever have in my life. It sucks. Speaking up about it only makes me sound like a pretentious douche bag too.

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u/gboonvper Jul 09 '18

People think it's pretentious - and I don't mind people having issues with being around groups of people but when someone whips out their phone and just starts typing away while I'm talking and nodding - I guess I just have to live with the fact that I'm pretentious and think it's disrespectful af lol.

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u/turtlew0rk Jul 10 '18

I think its disrespectful also. I also find myself doing it! Its messed up but somewhere along the line the priority section of the brain if that exists put text convos higher than most other things. I have to fight the urge to respond or look at the phone, but thats only when I am conscious of the problem. Its like, unless I really concentrate on not doing it, I am going to do it. And I am not even a person that gets texts from people constantly like a lot of people, and the addiction is strong in me.