Smartphones: It’s Time to Confront Our Global Addiction | Dr. Justin Romano | TEDxOmaha

There is not even a rehabilitation center for curing this disease

Cellphones and social media are the most dangerous things ever released on the public.. Our country (USA) was literally mass invaded and robbed blind by corrupt people well we all are to caught up looking down.

Dope I mean

Scrolling and reading comments is the new addiction😢

If u need solution: 12:45

I hate my phone, Thank God. Im watching this on my Laptop. My phone battery lasts 4 to 5 days cause i rarely use it. I know folks can t go 6 hours without having to charge their phones.

im contemplating building my own 2g gsm and attaching it to a voip number, then connecting a nokia to it

This is should not be by any means, shocking.

Think about this , you're paying money to your carrier for scam calls

I think iphones need a usage limit. Maybe four hours except for emergency. I can easily be on my phone all day, and I hate how much life I’ve lost from it. It’s overstimulating everyone so that we’re stressed out all the time. We need beat… pauses… in life, or we are just as bad as drug addicts.

In this video, Dr. Justin Romano discusses how smartphone use can become addictive and shape our attention, habits, and wellbeing. I found it eye-opening how something as everyday as a phone can influence mental health and behavior, making it easy to lose focus or avoid deeper thinking. The talk made me think about my own phone use and how often I let notifications distract me from more meaningful tasks. It challenges viewers to reflect on technology’s role in our lives.

Instant access internet on phones is what started this, I remember going out in 2012 with phones and it didn’t take over anyone’s lives.

Zuckerberg and the others are profiting off a mental illness, a legal drug dealer basically

See the thing is the phone- what’s a phone? A telephone.
That’s useful. Notes app? Useful.

But a telephone should not also be your workspace, play space, shopping space…

I advocate for tiny pocket computers as an assistant without any ability to download games or things that are not about communication or work.
No social media, no games, no apps-
Just a jot pad and telephone.

Now if tech companies want to create a tiny computer for games or online shopping they can, but less people would buy them-
The fact that our ability to communicate is tied to additive things is sick. And needs to end

I've taken to walking around, sitting around and lying around reading books.

It's all by design...
With our smartphone always on us wherever we go, we can be tracked/followed by our "dear" rulers. GPS, etcetera all in the device. Meta data of us all (Edward Snowden told us) is being stored in data centers, we're tracked by coockies, blue tooth etc.
Soon this all will be replaced by devices within the body...
Digital ID, Digital wallet, the internet of bodies... And then read Revelations 13 again...

Revelation of Jeses Christ 13:16-18

16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

What if the vaccination covid 19 have something to do with the connection between phones and the body. And actually elon musk do not to insert chip to our brain because it is already there.

Excellent talk

The sadness i feel when i see a children asking /seeking attention from their parent or caregiver is a real thing .

In my line of work I sometimes meet the occasional person who does not own a smartphone (very rare but they are out there) I find these people to be incredibly self aware content and happy, it’s like meeting an angel from heaven. Just magical. I’d like to be one of these “phonedrug” free people.

I went to the bathroom without my phone. Did you know there are 376 little tiles on my floor? 😅

The saddest and the most dangerous thing is when addiction becomes a norm that no one realizes it is an addiction before it´s sometimes too late. God help us and deliver us in Jesus name.

Addiction is not a disease, its substance miss use disorder.
Or substances abuse disorder.
And yeah there is one for tech abuse
As in substances or product abuse disorder

People -> Technology -> Brain💡-> Connect to Public All Map
Realize, paper can't replace total. 2 side

When was the world perfect anyway ?

15:35

I hate that Youtube can't be uninstalled on my phone ugh.

I think it might be intentional- a method of control. 🤔

Working with university students. Max 15 min focus :(((((( Than they have to go out the class to ... check their phone...

Ok I gave this video a like within first 30 seconds...he deserves it 😅

What he said “a free drug out in your pockets whenever you need it” that is just a scanner darkly the movie and agent Death. That movie was a predecessor too social media and phones being released in 2007 but plenty of high profile actors participated in the production of the short film and honestly it was subliminal message too society and the dangers of something similar too agent death. Which would be social media.

Dang it…watched this on my phone…well time to reset the clock app :(

TRUTH!!! There are a lot of weak-minded people out there. If you don't think you have an addiction to your phone, try not using it for a week and see what happens.

someone has never been so right & looked like Jared Goff at the same time💯

Excellent talk. People need to wake up to this toxic bs.

Smart Phones are the new opiate of the masses.

Prince said don’t let the internet get on you. He was right

Weed is right behind phone addiction. If not ...ahead of it

I like the " up periscope" sightings. That's where a car stops and a red light and the phone shoots upward like yes...... A periscope.

If you spot someone outside or where ever that's NOT on a phone with in 15 seconds to 60 seconds you'll see their phone.

Look for the genuine warm sincere people, getting fewer but still out there😢 & let the mobile phone addicted thickos to rot basically.

Digital addiction.

I leave my phone home more often. Never take it to the bedroom. In the Netherlands kids are not allowed to have their smartphones in school and it improved their cognitive and social skills drastically.
And it has a lot of political impact. Smartphones and social media are successfully worldwide abused by ultra rightwing populists. And the addict just take it.

This guy looks like he's addicted to listening his own voice

It’s time we manage this chaotic device

It's too late.

I never used or owned a smart phone. My life goes on fine without them. I will not let that type of technology control my life. I wonder what would happen if a solar flare zapped out all the smart satellites and their smart phones become useless? Commit suicide? It would not surprise me.

im just a babeh

9 people at my bus stop the other morning . Various ages and genders.
ALL fixated on their phones....🤔🤔🤔

Our phones continue to get even more addictive with ChatGPT. And sometimes they're required just to log in to school, work, and other legitimately important portals like for your healthcare, paying bills, etc.