[periphrasis]

When the weather gets nice in nyc, the bike lanes fill up with people slowly meandering about the lane as they cycle one-handed, eyes glued to their cellphones.

My unscientific, purely vibes based take is that the ubiquity of the smartphone has created such widespread severe dopamine addiction that basic human judgment and even self preservation instinct is increasingly impaired.

[rakejake]

Well, once when I was out walking, I saw someone peeing on a trail side, dick in one hand, phone in the other. There is a social crisis of some sort and we basically have no idea how to get out of it.

[WeylandYutani]

It was the Japanese who made phones water resistant so that you could text in the shower.

[cheq]

My unscientific, purely vibes based take is that we are made dependant on stuff like google, internet and smartphones, so, why learn? why memorize?