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<p>[QUOTE="Plumbata, post: 3248235, member: 96864"]Smartphones are extremely sophisticated, with their functionality and usefulness counterbalanced by the almost insidious way the intuitive tap/swipe user interface has been exploited by teams of behavioral psychologists and programmers whose sole objective is to keep peoples' eyes and attention focused on <i>their </i>product, game, social network or other frivolous diversion for as long as possible. Gotta get those advertising dollars (and data to bundle up and sell).</p><p><br /></p><p>This well-engineered interface exploits our natural reward circuitry, encouraging smartphone addicts to incessantly seek the next hit of dopamine from a fresh "like" or comment on one's newest vapid selfie, or excitingly-displayed new updates, news, messages, or helpful reminders that you could be playing a rousing game of Candy Crush instead of actually doing something in the real world.</p><p><br /></p><p>I love the access to the internet when "out in the field" for informational enlightenment when there's a zone of ignorance that oughta be remedied, for monitoring business, and to research unfamiliar antiques and collectibles, but I've never downloaded facebook, twitter, or any such nonsense on the phone save some messaging apps for communicating with my European antiquity sources. </p><p><br /></p><p>It's a useful but dangerous tool (like Nuclear energy) and unfortunately some users of smartphones and similar tech can't resist and let it scramble their brains and enslave them. I prefer a nice forest or stream over algorithms, but maybe I'm just a Luddite; I hear they have <i>virtual </i>nature now, ya don't even have to get up, put your boots on or get your hands dirty anymore! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Plumbata, post: 3248235, member: 96864"]Smartphones are extremely sophisticated, with their functionality and usefulness counterbalanced by the almost insidious way the intuitive tap/swipe user interface has been exploited by teams of behavioral psychologists and programmers whose sole objective is to keep peoples' eyes and attention focused on [I]their [/I]product, game, social network or other frivolous diversion for as long as possible. Gotta get those advertising dollars (and data to bundle up and sell). This well-engineered interface exploits our natural reward circuitry, encouraging smartphone addicts to incessantly seek the next hit of dopamine from a fresh "like" or comment on one's newest vapid selfie, or excitingly-displayed new updates, news, messages, or helpful reminders that you could be playing a rousing game of Candy Crush instead of actually doing something in the real world. I love the access to the internet when "out in the field" for informational enlightenment when there's a zone of ignorance that oughta be remedied, for monitoring business, and to research unfamiliar antiques and collectibles, but I've never downloaded facebook, twitter, or any such nonsense on the phone save some messaging apps for communicating with my European antiquity sources. It's a useful but dangerous tool (like Nuclear energy) and unfortunately some users of smartphones and similar tech can't resist and let it scramble their brains and enslave them. I prefer a nice forest or stream over algorithms, but maybe I'm just a Luddite; I hear they have [I]virtual [/I]nature now, ya don't even have to get up, put your boots on or get your hands dirty anymore! :banghead:[/QUOTE]
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