DoomsdaysCW<p>Are smartphones bad for us? Five world experts answer</p><p>"In 2007, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SteveJobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SteveJobs</span></a> presented the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/iPhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iPhone</span></a> to the public. Several months later, the day the phones went on sale, the Guardian published an article headlined 'iPhone set to struggle'.</p><p>"'Apple’s iPhone combines a phone, music and video player with web and email capabilities, but researchers found demand for these converged devices was lowest in affluent countries,' the article said.</p><p>"Whoops.</p><p>"But despite their sudden ubiquity, there’s still a lot we don’t know about how our <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/smartphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smartphones</span></a> are affecting us. Are they alienating people from each other, or helping them to connect with others? Do they affect children differently than adults? And how do we step away from our phones if our whole lives are on them?"</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/jan/10/smartphone-screentime-good-bad-expert-advice?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2</span><span class="invisible">024/jan/10/smartphone-screentime-good-bad-expert-advice?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeeperUnderstanding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeeperUnderstanding</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Smartphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Smartphones</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ScreenAddiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScreenAddiction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ScreenTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScreenTime</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LessScreensMoreTrees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LessScreensMoreTrees</span></a></p>