I'm going to set Lauren Goode loose, once more, on the unsuspecting attendees — who pay us to be here — to ask them more questions
about tech addiction.
Price says our attitudes
about tech addiction need adjusting — rather than taking a «tech detox,» the goal should be to use our phones in ways that are useful and enjoyable, and using them less when they make us sad or distracted.
For this episode of Too Embarrassed to Ask, The Verge's Lauren Goode roamed the halls of the 2018 Code Media conference in Huntington Beach, Calif., interviewing attendees
about their tech addictions and what we can all do to be less addicted.
Not exact matches
When Freitas sat down to talk to young people
about their phones, she heard some pretty crazy stories of raging
tech addiction, from the girl who gave her phone a name and talked
about it like a friend to the boy who claimed he'd rather leave his brain at home than his precious device.
Sen. Ben Sasse (R - NE) wanted to talk
about college kids being too sensitive to offensive speech and
tech addiction.
February 5: Former employees of Facebook and Google help launch the education campaign The Truth
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When I asked
about the controversies that Facebook is currently embroiled in (Russia meddling, out - of - control ad platform, data abuse by third - party developers,
tech addiction), Cook called out advertising - based business as problematic.
But scores of articles
about «
tech anxiety» and «
tech addiction» make it abundantly clear that our relationship with technology is very complicated.
Things like smartphone
addiction, false stories and election interference leave some
tech executives regretful
about what they've created.
I know
tech addiction has been become a big issue, Tristan Harris and others have been talking
about it for a year or more.
Designed on the model of anti-smoking drives, the group, along with the nonprofit media watchdog group Common Sense Media, is also planning an anti-
tech addiction lobbying effort and an ad campaign, titled The Truth
About Tech, the report said.
But how
about switching up your
tech addiction... Read more