Cell Phones? opinions

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What is your opinion of cell phones? Do you think the world would be better if phones never progressed past flip-phones and other phones that are only for communication? How has the world changed since cell phones hit it big
 
rome617 said:
What is your opinion of cell phones?
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They’re good. Just don’t hold it next to your head.
rome617 said:
Do you think the world would be better if phones never progressed past flip-phones and other phones that are only for communication?
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No. Progress is good and there’s no turning back.
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How has the world changed since cell phones hit it big
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Whelp, things have gotten better in my opinion. People just gotta learn how to use their phones wisely.

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With a single device, I can:
  • Check how far away my bus is so that I don’t stand out in the cold and rain for too long
  • If I’m in a city like Seattle, I can use an e-ticket on the phone.
  • On the ride, I can listen to music, listen to a podcast, read the news, browse Reddit, etc.
  • Make sure that I’m not getting off at the wrong stop and get directions if I do
And before anyone says “SEE, YOU’RE NOT TALKING TO SOMEONE!”, that was already ruined by the invention of the book, which came well before the bus, so I wouldn’t be going out of my way to have a conversation anyways. Oh yeah, I can also use the phone to read, but most phones are bad for that.

That’s just one pretty common use for me. It also serves as a way to get directions, check email, play games, look stuff up, etc. Overall, I’d say it’s positive.

And I know people are going to say “BUT NO ONE’S REALLY TALKING TO EACH OTHER”, but again, that was ruined by the invention of the book.
 
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I actually use my smartphone for phone calls, the occasional text, and checking email (my work email feeds into my smartphone). Oh, and checking our ministry application. Rarely do I surf the Internet or do anything other than what I mentioned. Overall, though, I think the have had a positive impact on the world, except when people are driving. Then, it’s a huge negative. In Georgia, it’s illegal to even have the device in your hand much less talk or text on it when driving.
 
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Their production is extremely polluting and the destruction of the old ones equally polluting. But I do carry my smartphone everywhere and I can no longer imagine how it was like before I could google anything at any time on it.

They did improve lives of many, like for example being able to ask for help in desperate situations in which you can not call a local phone number but can access the internet. But the technology itself is very polluting and I doubt any of the major company have enough time and money to invest researching for a newer type of technology. Probably a better type does not exist. It’s either silicone in the air and we have cell phones or neither.
 
While I can’t imagine going back to a world without cell phones, I do believe that they have introduced a lot of problems that once didn’t exist, most prominently, social interaction.

But there are other losses. I confess to still missing Google’s desktop program “iGoogle”. I hate to have to keep flipping through tabs and apps to check all my different feeds. I like them all on one screen. The various replacement programs I’ve tried have all been too slow.

Well, bye for know. I’ve got a dozen or so tabs/browsers to check.
 
I got my first cell phone last summer. I hate it.

The good parts about it is it has an app where can enter my bird sightings that also tracks my time and mileage, Plus, I like the fact that I can text my wife to let her know I’ll be out looking for birds a couple more hours longer than I planned.

Other than that, the thing is a nuisance.
 
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I do believe that they have introduced a lot of problems that once didn’t exist, most prominently, social interaction
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Social interaction was damaged by the invention of the book. Once those became readily available, there was no longer a need to talk with someone due to lacking anything else to do. Newspapers helped further this along.

And then the CD player and MP3 player just completely killed it. Now I could listen to music and read the paper, and I didn’t have to bother with anyone around! The only thing phones did was bring all that together.
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Their production is extremely polluting and the destruction of the old ones equally polluting.
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Of course, one has to consider if there’s any environmental benefit, since phones have to come to replace a lot of things that also damaged the environment. I’m not sure if anyone’s done an analysis of the net gain/loss, but phones hardly introduced a pollution problem.
 
Positives and negatives. So much spiritual and Catholic resources available in just a click away any time on your phone. So many good apps and readings and such. But at the same time, phones also can bring temptations that are also just a click away, so people with a cellphone have a responsibility to take any needed actions with their phones to prevent any temptations, whether that’s blockers or restrictions or whatever.

Overall I’d say it’s a positive, I use my phone everyday and things would be so inconvient without my phone, especially in college but the phone can also become an attachment which isn’t good
 
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So much spiritual and Catholic resources available in just a click away any time on your phone. So many good apps and readings and such.
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This is true and something I forgot to mention in my post. I use my phone for iBreviary so I can pray the breviary anywhere at any time.
 
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