Bored, Dumb, Ineffective and Unfulfilled Smart Phone Users
Bored, Dumb, Ineffective and Unfulfilled Smart Phone Users
If someone instinctively and repeatedly picks up a mobile device to consume media (or conduct Google searches) while engaged in another activity, he/she is bored, and seeking to be distracted from the first activity.
When someone is on a date with someone they really desire to be with (for example the first pursued and long awaited date), the last thing they are likely to do is be distracted with a mobile device lest they offend the person.
Alternatively, if someone is at work or at home bored doing a task they don't desire to do, it is understandable why they would engage in using their mobile device to consume media or conduct Google searches.
Developmental psychologist Maryanne Wolf says, "When we read online, our ability to ...make rich mental connections that form when we read deeply and without distraction, remains largely disengaged" (Carr). Likewise rich relational and emotional connections are thwarted and hindered as a result of mobile device distractions interfering with meaningful communication and conversation.
Nicholas Carr notes the digital age generation with their mobile devices have "decided that uninterrupted engagement is boring" (Lecture 5.1). "Without our full and complete attention we're missing important information about day to day life" (5.1), which mobile devices in the hands of bored users distract them from obtaining.
Bored people suffering information overload from excessive mobile device usage are mentally and emotionally drained of their inner resources and unable to be present with people. Hindered from simply being still, they are unable to hear their own voice. The chambers of mobile device addicts' internal imagery are bombarded with so many visuals that when they have a conversation or engage in a task they are divided internally and often unable to focus. Thus bored and divided souls often prefer immediate stimulation over meaningful interaction and activity (productivity).
Playwright Richard Foreman calls these who suffer from information overload "pancake people" who are "spread wide and thin" (Carr). Thus like an employee who smokes cigarettes regularly, mobile device addicts seeking to minimize their boredom often are incapable of undivided focus, maximum productivity and peak performance because two hands are rarely on the job. Present in body and absent in mind, mobile device users (though some argue they are "multitasking") are in actuality less efficient and effective while having an IQ 10 points lower than their peers (Kraus).
Though a mobile device may be the answer to boredom, it is not the way to a blessed life.
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Sources:
Nicholas Carr, Is Google Making Us Stupid? July 1, 2008
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/a...
Prof. Owen Youngman, Lecture 5.1 - Understanding Media by Understanding Google
Joe Kraus, “Slow Tech” (TED talk), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzpX0T...
- Bored, Dumb, Ineffective and Unfulfilled Smart Phone Users -
If someone instinctively and repeatedly picks up a mobile device to consume media (or conduct Google searches) while engaged in another activity, he/she is bored, and seeking to be distracted from the first activity.
When someone is on a date with someone they really desire to be with (for example the first pursued and long awaited date), the last thing they are likely to do is be distracted with a mobile device lest they offend the person.
Alternatively, if someone is at work or at home bored doing a task they don't desire to do, it is understandable why they would engage in using their mobile device to consume media or conduct Google searches.
Developmental psychologist Maryanne Wolf says, "When we read online, our ability to ...make rich mental connections that form when we read deeply and without distraction, remains largely disengaged" (Carr). Likewise rich relational and emotional connections are thwarted and hindered as a result of mobile device distractions interfering with meaningful communication and conversation.
Nicholas Carr notes the digital age generation with their mobile devices have "decided that uninterrupted engagement is boring" (Lecture 5.1). "Without our full and complete attention we're missing important information about day to day life" (5.1), which mobile devices in the hands of bored users distract them from obtaining.
Bored people suffering information overload from excessive mobile device usage are mentally and emotionally drained of their inner resources and unable to be present with people. Hindered from simply being still, they are unable to hear their own voice. The chambers of mobile device addicts' internal imagery are bombarded with so many visuals that when they have a conversation or engage in a task they are divided internally and often unable to focus. Thus bored and divided souls often prefer immediate stimulation over meaningful interaction and activity (productivity).
Playwright Richard Foreman calls these who suffer from information overload "pancake people" who are "spread wide and thin" (Carr). Thus like an employee who smokes cigarettes regularly, mobile device addicts seeking to minimize their boredom often are incapable of undivided focus, maximum productivity and peak performance because two hands are rarely on the job. Present in body and absent in mind, mobile device users (though some argue they are "multitasking") are in actuality less efficient and effective while having an IQ 10 points lower than their peers (Kraus).
Though a mobile device may be the answer to boredom, it is not the way to a blessed life.
Paul's books - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Paul F Davis is a Worldwide Success and Leadership Speaker, Wellness Trainer and Life-Changing Author of 20 Books including "The Future of Food" (volumes 1 & 2) who has touched 70 nations empowering executives and companies for excellence and success.
(info@PaulFDavis.com)
http://www.Linkedin.com/worldproperties
http://www.PaulFDavis.com
http://www.Twitter.com/PaulFDavis
Sources:
Nicholas Carr, Is Google Making Us Stupid? July 1, 2008
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/a...
Prof. Owen Youngman, Lecture 5.1 - Understanding Media by Understanding Google
Joe Kraus, “Slow Tech” (TED talk), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzpX0T...
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