The smartphone has become a veritable “weapon of mass distraction” whose compulsive use contributes greatly to the superficiality of the digital experience in today’s information society.
One of the ergonomically addictive digital factors is the “continuous scrolling” of content, in social media, particularly on smartphones. The user is induced to stay glued to the screen to scroll indefinitely through a virtually endless stream of information.
It is no coincidence that global digital leaders who run international platforms (e.g., Bill Gates and Marc Zuckerberg) avoid providing smartphones to their young children. They are evidently aware of the risks, and know from the inside the often non-transparent logics that dominate online platforms.
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