Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?

The Atlantic ^ | September 2017 | Jeane M. Twenge

[ilovesarah2012]

I do not know my husband or children’s phone numbers. I often have dreams about being lost and I don’t have my phone and I can’t call anyone for help.

[ilovesarah2012]

Their memories? They will have them stored in Facebook.

[Hiryusan]

Imagine how they’d react if cell phone jammers were allowed in schools.

[twin2]

Bookmark

[DoodleBob]

This strikes me as GenXers now sounding like their parents regarding tape decks in the car (more accidents!!) or how I bet Depression era parents thought about radio's impact on their kids. To wit: why do the graphs start in the 1990s?

And who can forget this classic....

It's always something. If it's not one thing it's another.

[A_perfect_lady]

Oh, that would be SO FUN!!! LOL!!

[minnesota_bound]

Images of the young whippersnappers ignoring each other.
http://tinyurl.com/y89jja7n

[HotKat]

I’m addicted to my cell phone. It’s the best alarm clock ever. I keep it on my nightstand. When insomnia strikes, first I look at Drudge headlines, then I check in here to see what y’all are thinking about whatever...

[Biggirl]

I am a few years behind you and is posting this via a droid smartphone. Rather I call this generation idroid for the types of smartphones used.

[Biggirl]

When I go to bed, off goes cell phone.

[Biggirl]

Have you noticed that ever since President Trump spoke out in regards to N.Korea, it has gone quiet? N.Korea has to learn to mind its p’s and q’s.

[Biggirl]

Even the adults have the smartphones.

[mylife]

Yup.
We endured things no one else had seen as did those before and after us.

[ncalburt]

Have you read the book , “One Second More” ? The EMP doomsday fiction book ?
Frightening .

[mylife]

Jesus! Stu we went through DISCO!

[Drew68]

I’m Gen X, and we basically did all we could to separate ourselves from adults whenever possible, and it was not generally for a good reason. But man, I feel sorry for them in a way, because what will the memories of their teenage years be like?

Gen-X as well. I don't have a single AWESOME memory from m teenage years that included my parents.

All my great memories were with my friends at places where our parents were nowhere to be found.

[Cboldt]

Radio and teevee also had and have massive impact on social norms.

[Redcitizen]

Snake Plissken had the right solution.

Escape From LA Ending Scene
End of All Electricity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHUqNCDwQj4

[TChad]

If America ever experiences an EMP attack, a whole lot of people will feel and act like a major part of their brain was disconnected.

[mylife]

I’m sure my kid thinks I’m a dork too despite the machine guns and whitewater rafting...