The average person spends over four hours a day on their device. A cost to all that connection is - a presence in the real world. Time is the most valuable thing we have, so we should spend it with our loved ones, or reading books, not on smartphones.
Researchers from Queensland University of Technology recently found that excessive phone use has led many consumers to have trouble sleeping while also making them less productive. The researchers describe this phenomenon as “technoference.”
How to fight this addiction problem and help people live more fulfilling and happier lives?
Technoference, good word coining. Your mentioned phenomenon is a social product of the 24/7 (non-stop) society (virtualization of space, time and human relations).To me, technoference, shows that people do not want to feel alone and stick to their smart devices as human replacement. Virtual relations do replace physical relations; with respect to the competitive, alienating and global 'rat race', it is always worth to take the risk to talk directly to somebody and to try conventional communication as creative 'exercise'.
Technoference, good word coining. Your mentioned phenomenon is a social product of the 24/7 (non-stop) society (virtualization of space, time and human relations).To me, technoference, shows that people do not want to feel alone and stick to their smart devices as human replacement. Virtual relations do replace physical relations; with respect to the competitive, alienating and global 'rat race', it is always worth to take the risk to talk directly to somebody and to try conventional communication as creative 'exercise'.
Dear Mr. Stephen I. Ternyik, excellent point of view, thanks a lot for a valuable answer!
It's true! Please see the following RG link.
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I think, there are two important aspects of this issue. It is true that spending countless hours just talking on the phone for a pleasure of communication with friends, or using available on the smartphone applications for just entertainment purposes aren't healthy. On the other hand, we have to recognize that in XXI century smartphones have become a knew intellectual power amplifier having numerous capabilities and features available for usage in professional life of people in masses.
In that sense, smartphone usage is quite justifiable. The real question here is that even a well justifiable usage of smartphones may turned out to be dangerous for human health. This is a serious question for medical professionals and working norms and standards regulators. Intelligent and operative productivity when using smartphones is huge allowing perhaps to reduce workload and /or shorten the work hours.
Very true indeed. The younger generation are stuck to their smart phones and precious time which they have to utilise in studies or inproving their career prospects is hampered.Very sad that smart phones are such a catastrophe.
Over-dependence on smart phones can reduce someone's capacity to think and analyze. These devices have made finding answers (even to stupid questions) so much easier that many folks who grew up using these devices may have less of cognitive capabilities as well as memory characteristics as someone who grew up using old fashioned methods (such as long hand multiplication or counting with fingers)
Sure the time is the most important thing in our life, it is our life, and as we can see most of people can spend a lot of time with their smart phones , not only younger generation are stuck to their smart phones but also adult and older people, so that we can see the relations among the family member not strong and also wasted their time without achieve any progress in their life.
Thank you all for valuable contributions! It is really an important question, especially for children, and all future generations.
Could be true, as time spent away from a smart phone could mean more time spent on smart thinking (as opposed to looking at a screen)
I am concerned about compulsive use of this technology and how it impacts interpersonal connections. The most popular site in China is a digital therapist.
I am attaching one of my articles which is pertinent to this topic.
Rich
Very true..
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8016779/amp/Brains-people-addicted-smartphone-physically-change.html?__twitter_impression=true
Now, due to the carantine, people are more than ever on their smartphones. Only telcos make profit out of this situation.
I have many articles and even books on the study of the dependence of quality of life on various factors. What can I say about the forum topic? There are various criteria for quality of life. According to some criteria, your hypothesis may be confirmed. But if you use other criteria for assessing the quality of life, You will be wrong. This is a specific question. A specific question implies a specific answer. Therefore, I can't say anything until you formulate your criteria for assessing the quality of life. But even if you formulate them, the answer to this question requires special research. You need to sort all the people on Earth by quality of life according to your criteria and see how much time they spend on their phone, tablet or computer. Only then can you reasonably answer your question. My intuition tells me that the highest standard of living will be among the mountaineers of the Caucasus, who actually live in the reserve, graze large and small livestock, and who do not have mobile phones at all or do not use them at all.
У меня много статей и даже книг по исследованию зависимости качества жизни от различных факторов. Что я могу сказать по поводу темы форума? Есть различные критерии качества жизни. По некоторым критериям возможно ваша гипотеза подтвердится. Но если использовать другие критерии оценки уровня качества жизни, то Вы окажитесь не правы. Это вопрос конкретный. Конкретный вопрос предполагает конкретный ответ. Поэтому я ничего не могу сказать, пока вы не сформулируете свои критерии оценки уровня качества жизни. Но даже если вы их сформулируете, то ответ на этот вопрос требует специального исследования. Надо рассортировать всех людей Земли по качеству жизни по вашим критериям и посмотреть, сколько времени они проводят за телефоном, планшетом или компьютером. Только после этого можно обоснованно ответить на ваш вопрос. Моя интуиция подсказывает мне, что самый высокий уровень жизни окажется у горцев Кавказа, которые живут фактически в заповеднике, пасут крупный и мелкий скот и у которых вообще нет мобильных телефонов или они ими практически не пользуются.
The statement is absolutely TRUE. everything in our life should be in certain limitation, excess of everything causes damage.we humans have to decide the time of sleep not the percentage of the battery.....
Need to educate the children's by knowing the value is humans, relationships and moral life.
Being higher creatures ☺️ in the universe we must know where & how to use Technology and where and how to follow our tradition.🙏
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