The One Device by Brian Merchant review – the secret history and moral cost of the iPhone
by Jacob Mikanowski from Technology | The Guardian on (#2V7KX)
Full of surprising details, this study delves into what society-transforming technology really signifies. Steve Jobs comes out badly
In most areas of my life I behave well enough, but put a smartphone in my hand and I become your typical glazed-eyed imbecile, poking, swiping and typing in a sweaty frenzy. For better or worse, smartphones tap into something base in us. Most adults use their phones in the way that babies treat their pacifiers. Break one, and we turn into those australopithecines at the start of 2001: A Space Odyssey, smashing our fists into the dirt in frustrated rage; take them away, and we become Gollum without his ring.
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