It always bothers me how we talk about phone addiction as if it's some outside force controlling us that we can't do anything about. As much as people talk about the issues phones cause in our lives, there seems to be very little interest in actually cutting down our phone use. I think you were spot on when you said that people want to have something they can blame the issues in their lives on and use phones as a kind of scapegoat, an attitude that only ends up perpetuating our constant phone use.
To me, the biggest issue with “it’s the phone discourse” fundamentally rests on the fact it’s *discourse.* this isn’t a truth-seeking, solution-finding operation. It’s a great machine searching for topics to grant legitimacy to would-be personalities. I’m complicit myself— I’m not lobbing judgment on individuals so much as the system. The people decrying whatever thing remain employed by doing it.
Its definately not a settled question that the phones are to blame. It seems obvious to me capitalism is to blame, and smartphones are just a scapegoat for regressive idiots
All thebother reasons that lady listed are far more likely. Smartphones are good. Theyre so damn handy.
It always bothers me how we talk about phone addiction as if it's some outside force controlling us that we can't do anything about. As much as people talk about the issues phones cause in our lives, there seems to be very little interest in actually cutting down our phone use. I think you were spot on when you said that people want to have something they can blame the issues in their lives on and use phones as a kind of scapegoat, an attitude that only ends up perpetuating our constant phone use.
To me, the biggest issue with “it’s the phone discourse” fundamentally rests on the fact it’s *discourse.* this isn’t a truth-seeking, solution-finding operation. It’s a great machine searching for topics to grant legitimacy to would-be personalities. I’m complicit myself— I’m not lobbing judgment on individuals so much as the system. The people decrying whatever thing remain employed by doing it.
Its definately not a settled question that the phones are to blame. It seems obvious to me capitalism is to blame, and smartphones are just a scapegoat for regressive idiots
All thebother reasons that lady listed are far more likely. Smartphones are good. Theyre so damn handy.