I work at two community centres that are next door to high schools and the kids frequent the centres. At one centre it's like a plague of locusts descends on the facility at the high school lunch time. While it may not be that every kid is glued to their phone and social media, the vast majority (75% or so) definitely seem to be. So much so that you will see groups of 5-10 sitting around at lunch all on their phones surfing whatever on the web and communicating with each other **_through their phones_** while they are sitting next to each other. Another observation is the number of kids walking around with the crappy posture of a 70yr old is astonishing - these kids are going to be fucked in terms of spinal health and mobility by the time they are in their mid 30's. The Matrix awaits.
Every generation complains about the next one, but there for sure has been a SIGNIFICANT shift in human behaviour with the advent of the smart phone. Kids simply do not have the intelligence or emotional maturity to deal with the effects that smart phones have on their brains in terms of the constant dopamine hits they get. There's no wonder that anxiety and other similar mental health issues are increasing in pre-teen, teen and young adult populations. It is going to have serious consequences for society over the next decade.
Jan. 13, 2023, 8:06 p.m. - Mark
I work at two community centres that are next door to high schools and the kids frequent the centres. At one centre it's like a plague of locusts descends on the facility at the high school lunch time. While it may not be that every kid is glued to their phone and social media, the vast majority (75% or so) definitely seem to be. So much so that you will see groups of 5-10 sitting around at lunch all on their phones surfing whatever on the web and communicating with each other **_through their phones_** while they are sitting next to each other. Another observation is the number of kids walking around with the crappy posture of a 70yr old is astonishing - these kids are going to be fucked in terms of spinal health and mobility by the time they are in their mid 30's. The Matrix awaits. Every generation complains about the next one, but there for sure has been a SIGNIFICANT shift in human behaviour with the advent of the smart phone. Kids simply do not have the intelligence or emotional maturity to deal with the effects that smart phones have on their brains in terms of the constant dopamine hits they get. There's no wonder that anxiety and other similar mental health issues are increasing in pre-teen, teen and young adult populations. It is going to have serious consequences for society over the next decade.