Curse of the Smartphone

In today’s globalized world which operates 24/7, it is hard to imagine life without the ubiquitous smartphone. But it wasn’t always so. The first iPhone was introduced in 2007, so even though there are 6 billion cell phone users today, millions of people were raised without cellphones or indeed any phone at all! This possibility is, of course, inconceivable to a Generation Z-er.

There are undeniable benefits to owning a smart phone – navigating, contacting loved ones, organizing business, taking photos and recording music. A myriad of convenient functions all contained within one small digital rectangle! The smartphone did change the 20th Century, but it came at a cost. It brought with it, unique and perhaps unintended consequences into every sphere of our lives.

Paul Greenberg quit his iPhone three years ago to research 'Goodbye Phone, Hello World' after he realized that he had wasted one whole year of his life on the phone that could have been spent with his teenage son. Greenberg talks about what he learned.

----- Contents of the video ----
0:00:00 - Intro
0:02:56 - College Student's point of view
0:10:15 - Paul Greenberg's experience
0:17:55 - Question: only a bad thing?
0:20:15 - Most disturbing finding
0:22:30 - Audience's Questions

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