Gen Z is so screwed. wsj.com/articles/digit…
There are a number of books that examine the addictive nature of social media. A deliberately Pavlovian tool designed to absorb attention. Most blame the user for the addiction. You can modify your use and tools to be less disruptive. theguardian.com/global/2021/au…
Turn off all audio or sensory alerts. Delete all mailing lists. Disable your tracking feature. Turn off all access to all your apps (including Siri) and use the device when you are ready, not when it interrupts you. Get primitive. amazon.com/Banana-Phone-W…
I don't follow people or do a lot of liking because I like to control my algorithms and search patterns. Sorta. It's a war for your attention and eyeballs. And they are winning. techjury.net/blog/how-much-… 
At least Pavlov's dogs got fed. abcnews.go.com/Technology/wor…
90- 98% of Gen Z's own a smartphone. 52% say it is their most valuable asset.In 2013 only 14% of Boomers owned a smartphone. Still only 68% today. Only 11% use it to go online and spend twice as much time on Facebook. pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019…
Part of the divide is economic. You can get a ghetto/oldster flip phone for $44. The new iPhone is over a thousand to $1500. Then there is your annual cost to own a full featured cel phone and obsolescence.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021…
I have a bunch of phones, some hacked, some I use as cameras, others are ancient relics of subscription plans to prevent jailbreaking. Some are sitting dead in odd places and others I use. Spend the time to tinker around inside the operating controls to understand how they work.
RYP Trivia. My first portable phone was actually a radio telephone in my forest service truck. And yes we never answered cuz we knew it was trouble. Not me in photo...I am not that old.
The actual me not actually answering the forest service radio phone on the way to the actual Yukon.
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