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« on: August 08, 2017, 02:20:55 PM »

- It's a pretty good article, but very big. Lots of interesting points and data in it, so if you have the time, I would recommend it!

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/09/has-the-smartphone-destroyed-a-generation/534198/

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« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2017, 04:02:41 PM »

Striking charts. Excellent read.
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« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2017, 04:12:08 PM »

Very good read ... it was also shared on Facebook by a girl I totally would date if she lived in town, so I'm inclined to agree with whatever it says.
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« Reply #3 on: August 08, 2017, 04:43:52 PM »

Thanks for the r/forwardsfromgrandma material. Other than that, yawn.
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« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2017, 04:55:31 PM »

Seems like a chicken-and-egg kinda thing really.
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« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2017, 06:21:36 PM »

Correlation does not imply causation. We cannot dismiss these findings, but more research is certainly needed to confirm that these alleged effects of smartphones on American teens are real. Perhaps some of this may be attributable to the Great Recession, which coincided with the release of smartphones, and continues to produce economic and, consequently, social consequences that alter behavior and consumption patterns among America's youth.
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« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2017, 06:51:38 PM »

To be fair, this website is a far more damming indictment of society than smartphones
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« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2017, 07:07:51 PM »

More information may be needed before we can conclude that smartphones are really the cause of this increase in loneliness and depression, but it makes sense that if young people are spending less time in the presence of others, they're going to feel more lonely. Talking online is not a substitute for face-to-face interactions.
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« Reply #8 on: August 08, 2017, 08:37:09 PM »

Besides the loneliness/family issue... those are good things.
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« Reply #9 on: August 08, 2017, 09:22:31 PM »

     This coincides with what I have noticed; there is a trend whereby people are giving themselves over to smartphones, relying on these devices to provide them with interaction and entertainment everywhere and at all times, when earlier generations did not have the luxury of relying on this. I have started reading books diligently on my commute when I realized one day that everyone around me was frittering away hours on smartphones.

     Of course this does not confirm that the smartphones are the cause of the problem, but it is data supporting a hypothesis that I was already developing.
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« Reply #10 on: August 08, 2017, 09:44:19 PM »

the conclusions made by this article scream of Ludditism.
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« Reply #11 on: August 08, 2017, 10:49:03 PM »

Do we know if the smartphones are causing it or is just the times in which these young people have come of age in? We always ask the question of "How does technology shape a generation" but we never ask it the other way around: "How does a Generation shape technology? So the causality might just be the other way around-or perhaps there's little connection between the two. I think there's other factors at play that could be causing this shift than just technology.

Well that depends what you mean by 'it.' Some of these I think would be easy to link to the phones, tablets, etc, at least assuming the studies he referenced were accurate:

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As Jacobin said, this warrants more studies but I think a compelling case is made for at least some of the factors. One that has me wondering is the "less dating" aspect, which already showed a downward trend, which did seem to accelerate when smartphones became prevalent but could just be a continuation of an unrelated trend.

the conclusions made by this article scream of Ludditism.

I'd say more like moderation. Namely, this:

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I don't disagree, and I say this knowing full well I am a hypocrite who spends far too much time on some sort of device myself.


Thanks for the r/forwardsfromgrandma material. Other than that, yawn.

I can't think of a better place for it than Atlas This forum is all about generational trends and studies of people, and this would be far from the first topic made about such.
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« Reply #12 on: August 09, 2017, 06:45:49 AM »

I was glad to see someone call this generation something other than post-Millennial. It's like 15 years ago writers talked about Generation Y, because it was after Gen X. I knew that had to change eventually and Millennials is as good as anything else. I don't know that iGen will be the label that will stick, but it's a lot better than post-Millennial.
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