Heres What Our Smartphone Obsession Looks Like ... In 26 Photos Huffington Post, May 7, 2014 One in every five people owns a smart phone. Thats more than one billion people. Our devices have become an extension of ourselves; they are company in some of the most monumental, meaningful and intimate experiences of our lives. We bring them to the bathroom. We keep them near us while we sleep. We invite them to dinner. We clutch them tightly when we meet the Pope ... Were only getting more hooked. Over the past half-decade, smartphone use has increased exponentially. Our reliance on these device has evolved too. Data in a 2012 report produced by the Pew Research Center revealed that 29 percent of American cell phone owners describe their phones as something they cant imagine living without. ... The series of photos below illustrate the juxtaposition of life before phones were a continuation of our social identities and the unromantic present, where they seem to be just that. huffingtonpost/2014/05/07/smartphones-are-hideous-and-sad-kind-of_n_5234216.html?&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000033
Posted on: Mon, 19 May 2014 04:40:27 +0000
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