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What happens when a school bans smartphones? A complete transformation | US education | The Guardian::Teachers say mobile phones make their lives a living hell – so one Massachusetts school barred them

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 10 months ago (8 children)

Today my computer science teacher asked a friend of mine to show his screentime statistics as a joke. Bro literally spent an average of +11h A DAY on his phone...

[–] [email protected] 36 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Smartphones and apps are scientifically designed to be addictive. The same techniques that make people spend hours at slot machines goes into modern games.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Are you saying the app I'm using to browse Lemmy is scientifically designed to be addictive?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I used to work in public health. One of the things they teach is that only the addict can decide if they are addicted. No one improves until they admit that they are powerless to stop on their own.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323468

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