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“ WE HAVE BECOME HUMAN SNAILS CARRYING OUR HOMES IN OUR POCKETS ”
PROFESOR DANIEL MILLER UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON of 18 and 30 qualified as being “ addicted ” to their smartphones . " Later time of use was also significantly associated with smartphone addiction , with use after 1 a . m . conferring a 3-fold increased risk ," noted the report .
The association between heavy smartphone usage and poor sleep isn ’ t the only detrimental effect that our devices are supposedly having on us . Another study published in Computers in Human Behavior back in 2018 found that people who kept their smartphones outside of their bedrooms for a week while they slept described noticeable improvements in their happiness and quality of life . Speaking to PsyPost , report author Nicola Hughes explained that , when she got her first iPhone , “ Before I knew it , the phone had become the source of an ever-present , constant , ongoing conversation with everyone in my life and an endless stream of content which was always beckoning for my attention .”
It ’ s not hard to see why our smartphones command such a great deal of our attention . Smartphones give us access to the total sum of all human knowledge . They make us into genius mathematicians , political activists , and amateur academics .
They put us in contact ( professionally and personally ) with people we ’ d never have access to without their existence . Remember how I said I live about eight time zones away from the overwhelming majority of my family and friends ? My phone keeps just about anyone and everyone I know and love - from my hospitalised grandmother to my weekly Dungeons & Dragons group - no more than a few thumb taps away .
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