and I don't like their dependence on these phones. I have personally seen the addiction increase from my oldest to youngest and how different my kids growing up experience has changed from when I did. Now its all group chats, instagram etc and kids don't hang out like we used to do. I have read articles that teenage sex is down because kids don't date anymore and kids are actually pushing off getting their drivers license because they are in touch with everyone virtually.
That is the scary part of smartphones, their affect on young people and increasing addiction to these things, teenagers are lost without them.
Could we not say the same thing about TV and before that, radio?
I think that could be said. Although I think the scale is infinitely greater.
Radio and TV were tethered. The phone is with you at all times.
As I tell people, I got my smartphone for my convenience not yours. So if you text/email and I don't get back right away...too bad.
I tell work, if you expect me to respond immediately to texts/emails/notifications on my smartphone, then you better subsidize my plan or my phone. So far it hasn't been an issue, of course I'm typically fairly responsive off hours for work.
I also don't always carry my phone with me. Especially on weekends. If I'm doing chores or other things around the house I will often leave my phone on a counter somewhere charging. So sometimes I really don't get texts/emails till hours later.
Of course if the kids or wife are out of the house, I try to keep the phone closer just in case.
I'm 39, but tend to skew a bit younger then my demo in my tech usage (due to working in technology with a lot of younger people).
This reminds me of college when a professor of mine forced me to were a paper arguing that the invention of cars was a bad thing for civilization. I dropped that class
It’s basically all positive, and just about any negatives are within your power to control
tied to people that have no sense of propriety or boundaries -- but other than having a few of those sorts stuck in my face more regularly than I would like -- they are incredible -- what they give you at your fingertips anywhere you go is absolutely amazing.
When I grew up if you wanted to look something up -- you had to take a trip to the public library -- now -- I basically carry an entire public library -- and a vastly superior one -- in my frikken pocket. You want weather, directions -- at your fingertips. You want to keep notes, time things, follow scores --- bam at your fingertips.
I need to reach my kids or my grandkids -- bam -- I can see them and talk to them. Camera -- not just any camera -- a multipurpose, outrageously good still and video camera -- as good as my SLR in many ways. Flashlight so I can see what I'm doing in the dark -- it's right there.
I have filmed the entire BBI video blog on my smartphone -- hooking micks into it for Sy and the guest. Bam I load it down into my laptop and can edit on location and upload there as well -- saving me hours of driving home to do it before I can begin the process. Soup to nuts I can do a full video interview at one and download, edit and upload it in roughly 2-3hours and it would be quicker if I had a faster computer (my laptop is a 2012 model).
Music -- I can plug in hop onto my mower and listen to my favs during the two-hour mow (I mow approx 3 acres twice a week in season)
Buy movie tickets, reserve restaurant seatings, do comparison shopping in the aisle just by scanning the barcode on the item -- communicate problems by photographing it and sending a text or email with the photo. Phot the wiring scheme of something I' trying to repair so I can reassemble it and have a photo-reference for it -- share photos, videos with someone I'm talking to
video conference -- taping calls -- I can watch John Schmelk on Giants live during his broadcast on it
You guys -- I started working on computers in 1968 -- the first one I worked on took up a whole classroom in highschool, needed special airconditioning and it took me hours to do a basic sort. 15 years later the Winchester, 1-megabyte drive, was the cat's meow -- my phone has gigabytes and spins circles around the idea of a Winchester -- I can do a spreadsheet on my phone now and email it to someone or print it right from my phone.
I don't play video games -- don't care for them at all
I'm all for them -- and think they are terrific. I think the ills of them are about the ills of society and people -- those things won't go away if you didn't have a smartphone
I can do my banking on my smart phone including deposit checks - transfer money, I can take charge cards on it and charge customers and have the money immediately in my account.
good points. I'm surprised at the number of people who FaceTime in public and without using headphones as if the rest of the World needs to be in on their conversation, or when the person at a school event is recording with their iPad and holds it up blocking everyone's view.
The technology is fine. The way people obtrusively use it in public is terrible.
a phone, camera & video on 1 device is amazing. Then all the apps, GPS, etc. make smart phones great. This is coming from a 57 year old who hardly ever uses social media.
as a teacher, I'm sure you can agree that smartphones have made our jobs one thousand percent harder. 99% of the discipline problems I deal with are related to students inappropriate use of them. I could literally write a dissertation on the subject, but I'll leave it there for now...
area where smartphones have especially been a god send is avoiding lines and not getting stressed out when you are waiting in line - the mobile app on the starbucks phone is brilliant - order my coffee walking to work, pick it up cutting the line and earn points. and if I am stuck in a government office waiting for something, I can read articles or my book, or answer work emails. or if I'm out for dinner or drinks with someone and they go to the bathroom, no more looking around awkwardly at the room.
Does it concern anybody that people smarter than most of us.... Â
are designing these things to be highly addictive to us?
Yes. But your OP asked whether it improved my life (which by extension, led me to assess usage in my family as well). Whether it has a negative or addictive effect on a large number of people, especially young people, is a different question.
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tied to people that have no sense of propriety or boundaries -- but other than having a few of those sorts stuck in my face more regularly than I would like -- they are incredible -- what they give you at your fingertips anywhere you go is absolutely amazing.
When I grew up if you wanted to look something up -- you had to take a trip to the public library -- now -- I basically carry an entire public library -- and a vastly superior one -- in my frikken pocket. You want weather, directions -- at your fingertips. You want to keep notes, time things, follow scores --- bam at your fingertips.
I need to reach my kids or my grandkids -- bam -- I can see them and talk to them. Camera -- not just any camera -- a multipurpose, outrageously good still and video camera -- as good as my SLR in many ways. Flashlight so I can see what I'm doing in the dark -- it's right there.
I have filmed the entire BBI video blog on my smartphone -- hooking micks into it for Sy and the guest. Bam I load it down into my laptop and can edit on location and upload there as well -- saving me hours of driving home to do it before I can begin the process. Soup to nuts I can do a full video interview at one and download, edit and upload it in roughly 2-3hours and it would be quicker if I had a faster computer (my laptop is a 2012 model).
Music -- I can plug in hop onto my mower and listen to my favs during the two-hour mow (I mow approx 3 acres twice a week in season)
Buy movie tickets, reserve restaurant seatings, do comparison shopping in the aisle just by scanning the barcode on the item -- communicate problems by photographing it and sending a text or email with the photo. Phot the wiring scheme of something I' trying to repair so I can reassemble it and have a photo-reference for it -- share photos, videos with someone I'm talking to
video conference -- taping calls -- I can watch John Schmelk on Giants live during his broadcast on it
You guys -- I started working on computers in 1968 -- the first one I worked on took up a whole classroom in highschool, needed special airconditioning and it took me hours to do a basic sort. 15 years later the Winchester, 1-megabyte drive, was the cat's meow -- my phone has gigabytes and spins circles around the idea of a Winchester -- I can do a spreadsheet on my phone now and email it to someone or print it right from my phone.
I don't play video games -- don't care for them at all
I'm all for them -- and think they are terrific. I think the ills of them are about the ills of society and people -- those things won't go away if you didn't have a smartphone
This! Add in unlimited porn and we are completely on the same page. Fantastic, well thought out response that I agree with (which of course is what makes it so fantastic.)
And Britt- this is the same argument about tv and radio and their Â
addictive properties as well. Sure, tv was tethered- but before that, radio didn't have pictures. Growing up how much did you read and hear about how damaging too much tv was for kids? There were plenty of studies showing the adverse effects.
Just as with tv, there are certainly negatives associated with smartphones- or any new technology for that matter. The key- as with just about everything else in life is to find balance and moderation. There will always be a percentage of folks that can't find either with one thing or another (tv, video games, food, drink, drugs, smart phones). While we certainly want to educate and help those that develop addictions or otherwise adversely affect their lives, we shouldn't throw the baby out with the bath water.
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and I don't like their dependence on these phones. I have personally seen the addiction increase from my oldest to youngest and how different my kids growing up experience has changed from when I did. Now its all group chats, instagram etc and kids don't hang out like we used to do. I have read articles that teenage sex is down because kids don't date anymore and kids are actually pushing off getting their drivers license because they are in touch with everyone virtually.
That is the scary part of smartphones, their affect on young people and increasing addiction to these things, teenagers are lost without them.
Could we not say the same thing about TV and before that, radio?
I think that could be said. Although I think the scale is infinitely greater.
Radio and TV were tethered. The phone is with you at all times.
I tell work, if you expect me to respond immediately to texts/emails/notifications on my smartphone, then you better subsidize my plan or my phone. So far it hasn't been an issue, of course I'm typically fairly responsive off hours for work.
I also don't always carry my phone with me. Especially on weekends. If I'm doing chores or other things around the house I will often leave my phone on a counter somewhere charging. So sometimes I really don't get texts/emails till hours later.
Of course if the kids or wife are out of the house, I try to keep the phone closer just in case.
I'm 39, but tend to skew a bit younger then my demo in my tech usage (due to working in technology with a lot of younger people).
It’s basically all positive, and just about any negatives are within your power to control
When I grew up if you wanted to look something up -- you had to take a trip to the public library -- now -- I basically carry an entire public library -- and a vastly superior one -- in my frikken pocket. You want weather, directions -- at your fingertips. You want to keep notes, time things, follow scores --- bam at your fingertips.
I need to reach my kids or my grandkids -- bam -- I can see them and talk to them. Camera -- not just any camera -- a multipurpose, outrageously good still and video camera -- as good as my SLR in many ways. Flashlight so I can see what I'm doing in the dark -- it's right there.
I have filmed the entire BBI video blog on my smartphone -- hooking micks into it for Sy and the guest. Bam I load it down into my laptop and can edit on location and upload there as well -- saving me hours of driving home to do it before I can begin the process. Soup to nuts I can do a full video interview at one and download, edit and upload it in roughly 2-3hours and it would be quicker if I had a faster computer (my laptop is a 2012 model).
Music -- I can plug in hop onto my mower and listen to my favs during the two-hour mow (I mow approx 3 acres twice a week in season)
Buy movie tickets, reserve restaurant seatings, do comparison shopping in the aisle just by scanning the barcode on the item -- communicate problems by photographing it and sending a text or email with the photo. Phot the wiring scheme of something I' trying to repair so I can reassemble it and have a photo-reference for it -- share photos, videos with someone I'm talking to
video conference -- taping calls -- I can watch John Schmelk on Giants live during his broadcast on it
You guys -- I started working on computers in 1968 -- the first one I worked on took up a whole classroom in highschool, needed special airconditioning and it took me hours to do a basic sort. 15 years later the Winchester, 1-megabyte drive, was the cat's meow -- my phone has gigabytes and spins circles around the idea of a Winchester -- I can do a spreadsheet on my phone now and email it to someone or print it right from my phone.
I don't play video games -- don't care for them at all
I'm all for them -- and think they are terrific. I think the ills of them are about the ills of society and people -- those things won't go away if you didn't have a smartphone
The technology is fine. The way people obtrusively use it in public is terrible.
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Yes. But your OP asked whether it improved my life (which by extension, led me to assess usage in my family as well). Whether it has a negative or addictive effect on a large number of people, especially young people, is a different question.
When I grew up if you wanted to look something up -- you had to take a trip to the public library -- now -- I basically carry an entire public library -- and a vastly superior one -- in my frikken pocket. You want weather, directions -- at your fingertips. You want to keep notes, time things, follow scores --- bam at your fingertips.
I need to reach my kids or my grandkids -- bam -- I can see them and talk to them. Camera -- not just any camera -- a multipurpose, outrageously good still and video camera -- as good as my SLR in many ways. Flashlight so I can see what I'm doing in the dark -- it's right there.
I have filmed the entire BBI video blog on my smartphone -- hooking micks into it for Sy and the guest. Bam I load it down into my laptop and can edit on location and upload there as well -- saving me hours of driving home to do it before I can begin the process. Soup to nuts I can do a full video interview at one and download, edit and upload it in roughly 2-3hours and it would be quicker if I had a faster computer (my laptop is a 2012 model).
Music -- I can plug in hop onto my mower and listen to my favs during the two-hour mow (I mow approx 3 acres twice a week in season)
Buy movie tickets, reserve restaurant seatings, do comparison shopping in the aisle just by scanning the barcode on the item -- communicate problems by photographing it and sending a text or email with the photo. Phot the wiring scheme of something I' trying to repair so I can reassemble it and have a photo-reference for it -- share photos, videos with someone I'm talking to
video conference -- taping calls -- I can watch John Schmelk on Giants live during his broadcast on it
You guys -- I started working on computers in 1968 -- the first one I worked on took up a whole classroom in highschool, needed special airconditioning and it took me hours to do a basic sort. 15 years later the Winchester, 1-megabyte drive, was the cat's meow -- my phone has gigabytes and spins circles around the idea of a Winchester -- I can do a spreadsheet on my phone now and email it to someone or print it right from my phone.
I don't play video games -- don't care for them at all
I'm all for them -- and think they are terrific. I think the ills of them are about the ills of society and people -- those things won't go away if you didn't have a smartphone
This! Add in unlimited porn and we are completely on the same page. Fantastic, well thought out response that I agree with (which of course is what makes it so fantastic.)
Just as with tv, there are certainly negatives associated with smartphones- or any new technology for that matter. The key- as with just about everything else in life is to find balance and moderation. There will always be a percentage of folks that can't find either with one thing or another (tv, video games, food, drink, drugs, smart phones). While we certainly want to educate and help those that develop addictions or otherwise adversely affect their lives, we shouldn't throw the baby out with the bath water.