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bd139:

--- Quote from: Mr. Scram on March 25, 2020, 01:43:52 am ---
--- Quote from: SilverSolder on March 23, 2020, 06:41:49 pm ---Very few young people appear to be able to survive for more than a few milliseconds without their phone...

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We give devices which have been very carefully and deliberately devised to "retain attention" to children and they do exactly what's expected?

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Neither is true. We give them a device which gives them a social advantage and they use it, then we kick back and whine about it as if they don't have that social advantage while falling into irrelevance ourselves. Not joking but I'm staying at the bleeding edge with them and it has done me very well.
EEVblog:

--- Quote from: james_s on March 23, 2020, 07:03:20 pm ---
--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on March 23, 2020, 12:16:17 am ---We are already there - it affects all of us to some degree. Imagine for a moment if our Dave succumbed: are you suggesting that since we are rational engineers it wouldn't affect us any more than seeing some random name in a newspaper article?

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Dave participates on the forum, I've interacted with him as have many others, if I had a good reason to contact him I could do that. There's a lot more connection there than most people have with typical celebrities, I mean Dave knows I exist at least, most ordinary people's relationships with celebrities are entirely one-way. So yeah if he died I'd be bummed and miss his presence here, however I don't think I'd mourn the same as if a family member or close personal friend had died. It's all relative.

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*cough* *cough*
chickenHeadKnob:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on March 25, 2020, 10:21:12 am ---*cough* *cough*

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As long as gnif keeps the forum's wheels spinning I'm good.
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Kidding, kidding, I'm just kidding ;D
EEVblog:

--- Quote from: chickenHeadKnob on March 25, 2020, 10:51:09 am ---
--- Quote from: EEVblog on March 25, 2020, 10:21:12 am ---*cough* *cough*

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As long as gnif keeps the forum's wheels spinning I'm good.

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He has the keys to the server kingdom.
Mr. Scram:

--- Quote from: bd139 on March 25, 2020, 09:04:20 am ---Neither is true. We give them a device which gives them a social advantage and they use it, then we kick back and whine about it as if they don't have that social advantage while falling into irrelevance ourselves. Not joking but I'm staying at the bleeding edge with them and it has done me very well.

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I don't think there is much question about the addictive nature of smartphones they have by design. We should be mindful to balance advantages against the risks. They can be useful tools but now we're past the initial infatuation we'll need to figure out how to blunt the edge they seem to come with.
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