Are Smart Phones and Social Media the biggest exponential threats to the human race?

[Escape]

Downing naming his band 'KK's Priest' really says it all...

I'm sure there were heated arguments, and endless debates on social media from fans of both sides. Not leading to anything, one should just enjoy the music, no matter who's playing or under what name (and we're back on topic, sort of).

[Timbotucker]

In a nut shell……yes.

Remember that activity called “daydreaming”? I feel sorry for any child who has a device, every top Silicon Valley executive said they will not give their children any access to social media until at least 16.

My take on smart phones is the intrusion into society, imagine having pictures of nights out from the 80’s 🥴. One problematic issue is productivity, people at work constantly checking their phone's, just traveling along and seeing road workers sitting in the diggers on their phones is just one example. A friend of mine owns a factory manufacturing washers, he could see productivity was down and could see the problem but also the danger in staff checking their phones. He installed a blocking device on the shop floor, problem was instantly solved.

[exeterjeep]

[Sparky]

An old schoolmate has a free house a few miles from here that a bunch of us frequent.  He's an ardent CAMRA veteran with a fascinating range of ales changing every week, old wooden floor, spit & sawdust, and a hardline no-mobile policy.  It's bad form to put a mobile on the bar or a table, and woe betide anyone making/taking a call whilst in there.  Damned refreshing.

[Chillidoggy]

1 hour ago, Sparky said:

An old schoolmate has a free house a few miles from here that a bunch of us frequent.  He's an ardent CAMRA veteran with a fascinating range of ales changing every week, old wooden floor, spit & sawdust, and a hardline no-mobile policy.  It's bad form to put a mobile on the bar or a table, and woe betide anyone making/taking a call whilst in there.  Damned refreshing.

 

Having visited said establishment on a couple of occasions, I concur.

[Escape]

I was hooked as soon as I read 'fascinating range of ales' 😉 

[Gjk]

2 minutes ago, Escape said:

I was hooked as soon as I read 'fascinating range of ales' 😉 

Ditto

[Chillidoggy]

It’s fair to say that the last time Sparky and I exited the pub, we were definitely fascinated.

[Sparky]

At what, I have no recollection.

[Chillidoggy]

As I recall, we were fascinated that we were still upright.