The best representation of the smartphone in a movie, long before it was even conceivable…

1GwecezoL8jciHU2Ysyupxrnv18JMGAV6R (4245) · December 5, 2020

The best representation of the smartphone in a movie, long before it was even conceivable in reality, was the ghost-trap in Ghost Busters. Turns out we are the ghosts.

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1GgyBPgTRm568SQZVtd1fo1KVqJ3VLL7iv · December 5, 2020

Hm. Not everything about smartphones is a trap though. However, social apps that are engineered to create habits in users via dopamine rewards...

1GwecezoL8jciHU2Ysyupxrnv18JMGAV6R (4245) · December 6, 2020

Sure. They are amazing devices and can be used for anything.

But when you are in public, doesn't it seem to you like everybody is being absorbed by them?

It's almost as if we leave behind the miracle of reality for a fake 2D representation of it.
https://twetch.app/t/83ea4cc610b1863c806b7dcb3ecb7c05084ab12d23dfb8dd8a155f5a77175cb5

1GgyBPgTRm568SQZVtd1fo1KVqJ3VLL7iv · December 7, 2020

Yes, no doubt, many are absorbed in public much of the time. But not all and not all the time. It's encouraging to see more awareness spreading of the habit forming nature of various apps, as well.

interesting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahriman