The Silent Resistance

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“For Lent, I decided I would stop playing with my phone. I want to break the incessant habit of looking at my phone every time I have reason to do anything else. I have realized that I am addicted to looking at that little screen. Any break I get at class, I immediately look at my phone. Sometimes, it is impossible to resist the urge to check what made it vibrate. Standing in line at the store, I better check the headlines. Getting into the car, getting out of the car, maybe someone texted me. It’s never-ending.”

 
As we read this on our phones…
Many of us also check our phones for work purposes.
 
There is a new category in the manual for psychological disorders which is referred to as screen addiction. I notice this in my students as well as older people everywhere I go. Sometimes I think I might be arrested for failing to participate in this addictive behavior. It reminds me of the film “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” the original, only the current phenomenon is more aptly labeled invasion of the mind snatchers. I believe that young people’s minds and brains are being neurologically altered by means of this new format of processing information.
 
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