Science & Technology

Here’s Why That’s a Problem

Being bored actually has its benefits.I don’t intend for this to become just another “smartphones are making us dumb” article. By now most of us can appreciate that the issue is a complicated one, and that even the most well-intentioned tech can be reduced to little more than a trifling distraction if we let it.So let’s explore the problem from a slightly different angle. Most of us have recognised that staring into the depths of our phone screens for hours each day is robbing us of something, but explaining precisely what that something might be, and finding …

by Daniel Faris