[HN Gopher] Alarming New Study Finds Smartphones Ruining Our Bra...
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       Alarming New Study Finds Smartphones Ruining Our Brains at
       Unprecedented Speed
        
       Author : greenchair
       Score  : 17 points
       Date   : 2025-08-09 20:00 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | Group_B wrote:
       | Don't worry, AI will fix this!
        
       | clay_the_ripper wrote:
       | "the cave paintings of nudes are corrupting the neanderthal
       | youth"
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       | and yet - somehow we always survive.
        
         | chiefalchemist wrote:
         | Your snarkiness aside, what's different is:
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         | A) The scale. It's not a small number seeing the cave paintings
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         | B) It's who pulling to strings. Behind every screen based
         | experience is some Big Inc doing all it can to influence you in
         | way that often are not in your best interest.
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         | I recommend reading "Stand out of our light" and if you have
         | the time "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism ". Cave paintings
         | would be welcomed compared to what is effectively
         | psychologically warfare.
        
           | JumpCrisscross wrote:
           | There is also a massive emerging class difference between the
           | iPad kids and the children of the rich.
        
             | MandieD wrote:
             | Every time I see a 3-5 year old in a stroller on the subway
             | staring at a phone their parent passed them, or worse, has
             | dedicated to the child's entertainment (stroller mount
             | included), my heart breaks a little more - though when my
             | own preschooler won't stay in his seat and insists on
             | standing while the train's in motion (his balance is really
             | good, but oh, the looks I get), I'm a little tempted.
        
       | chiefalchemist wrote:
       | Mind you, it's an opinion piece, but the headline is misleading.
       | What described is not physical (i.e., brains) but psychological.
       | It's our sense of self and our place as social beings that's
       | being ruined.
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       | What's interesting is much of what's described maps to
       | NPD(Narcissistic Personality Disorder). That is, too little
       | accountability, too little empathy... a world where I am the
       | center all the time. Etc. The irony of NPD is that it's actually
       | a cover for low self esteem / low self worth.
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       | But that makes sense in the sense that we have fewer and fewer
       | shared experiences. Face to screen is completely "personalized".
       | Why wouldn't I believe it's all about me? And why would I believe
       | in me when when so much of my online experience exposes me to my
       | inadequacies?
        
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