Oct 7, 2017

The Guardian | Oct 6, 2017 | Weekend magazine technology special | 'Our minds can be hijacked': the tech insiders who fear a smartphone dystopia | .. Google, Twitter and Facebook workers who helped make technology so addictive are disconnecting themselves from the internet. Paul Lewis reports on the Silicon Valley refuseniks alarmed by a race for human attention. There is growing concern that as well as addicting users, technology is contributing toward so-called “continuous partial attention”, severely limiting people’s ability to focus, and possibly lowering IQ. One recent study showed that the mere presence of smartphones damages cognitive capacity – even when the device is turned off. “Everyone is distracted,” Rosenstein says. “All of the time.” .. | Blogger: A most read... |

It is very common for humans to develop things with the best of intentions that have unintended,
negative consequences. Justin Rosenstein, creator of the 'like' button (not on picture)
READ MORE: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/05/smartphone-addiction-silicon-valley-dystopia