Its definitely a local problem. Try traveling. In other countries it's not nearly as common for various reasons.
Asia and UK similar to USA but Italy notIts definitely a local problem. Try traveling. In other countries it's not nearly as common for various reasons.
Nor here in rural Vermont. My town and most surrounding towns have no cell phone service of any kind and we prefer it to remain that way. There are major roads you can drive for quite a long time without service. Ten years or so ago you could drive for several hours in many places and not find any service. So it’s possibly slowly creeping into the area, but generally we neither want it nor need it.Its definitely a local problem. Try traveling. In other countries it's not nearly as common for various reasons.
Agreed. Also in Spain people love interacting with each other.Asia and UK similar to USA but Italy not
Happened to me twice at the same intersection 2 years apart with two different cars. same thing, young woman, small cheap sedan, talking on the phone. I try to avoid that intersection now, people don't know what "yield" means.I have been rear-ended 3x that I am 100% sure by people on their phone while driving. Young girls are the worst ,
Likely not. Evolution has separated continents, this will be a snap. Behaviorable change is ineluctable. I have a flip phone so I won't become a slave to communicating with grunts, groans, acronyms, emojies and other semi-intellgible markers of social disinigration.Do you guys think people will ever get over their smartphones?
I saw a girl, maybe 8, maybe - checking her phone every 6 seconds. Wow.Constant stream of dopamine, that's what phones have given us. Break out of the matrix! The bar for success has been lowered so much now that if you can do this one simple thing, you will basically have super powers in the workplace.
When my wife and I go out, we do not look at phones, sure they might be on the table, but face down. We have important contacts, tasks, and jobs to tend to in real time. Constant contact is a blessing and a curse but a massive productivity booster and advantage when yielded correctly.
I complimented a woman the other day whose children were in the shopping cart reading books. No tablets or phones acting as eyesight ruining babysitters. At another restaurant children were playing a board game at the table, no phones, it was refreshing to see. Smart parents sure to raise successful children.
This is why I own Facebook (meta) stock!Yes, I think its time for some regulation of targeted content for individuals. I don't know what that should be, but make it simple for people to stay in contact with their actual contacts, and be able to turn off everything else that randomly pops up.
Also have some PSA's on how you are being manipulated, just make to it real clear, like the effects of smoking ads.
From personal experience, facebook is pretty darn good at shooting me a variety of stuff to keep my brain just stimulated enough to think I'm learning something, but facebook seems to be designed not to user searchable, if you want to find a specific piece of information.
Just a customized time suck.
I hear ya!!I'm guilty as charged
"If you aren't paying for the product, you are the product."This is why I own Facebook (meta) stock!
3.2 Billion people to advertise to!! Win-win
( you are right. It’s purpose is to keep you engaged and honestly they have really stepped it up)
What used to blow my mind was getting an email at work with a simple question from the cube next door or whatever.
The written word can be misunderstood pretty easily.