Nowadays it is difficult to spend a moment without a device or some type of technology nearby unless you are in the middle of the field, but even in the most inhospitable places in the world our smartphone accompanies us. And in the last 10 years, phones have become almost another extension of our body that is not separated from us for a moment.
On the one hand this may have certain advantages, but at the same time now More and more negative consequences of the overuse of technology are being detected and especially mobile phones. Curiously, one of the people who has made the digital ecosystem grow the most and has benefited the most from it, the founder of Microsoft Bill Gates, is now warning of the problems of spending too much time online.
And it is that Gates now advocates disconnectionand is paying special attention to ensuring that the little onesor acquire habits that are increasingly widespread with smartphones. As he himself has confirmed, this is what he has done with his family since he had children, and if someone as expert and knowledgeable about technology as the magnate says something, it is at least worth listening to what he has to say.
Specifically, Gates advocates banning mobile phones in our homes at mealtime. “We don’t have mobile phones at the table when we eat, we didn’t give our children mobile phones until they were 14 and they complained that other children had acquired them before,” he comments in an interview with The Mirror.
Why does Gates defend this?
Unfortunately, this is a very widespread practice, generally among young people, and at mealtime their smartphone always accompanies them with a YouTube video, some TikToks or a Netflix series. However, as the tycoon points out, these moments of eating with family, with your partner or with friends are sacred, and you cannot be aware of notifications and so on.
The tycoon emphasizes that It is a time to listen to others and have a minimum conversation, something that should not be so complicatedtaking into account that when we are at home we don’t spend more than half an hour eating normally. Although Gates not only focuses on families, but also He also called on app developers to create products that encourage healthy use and do not have these dark patterns. that more and more institutions and organizations are denouncing, such as the “infinite scroll”.
Spending too much time connected to social networks and mobile phones in general is dangerous, since it is already being shown that it has consequences on the mental health of these people, creating anxiety or even depression, which is why more and more people are practicing JOMO and other anti-social media movements.
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