Maybe you are. How exactly would you know? The digital police aren’t going to flag you when you’ve met your technology threshold. On the other hand, constant use has become normalized. The toddler ...
A typical teen’s day includes up to nine hours of texting, gaming, watching videos, and posting on multiple social networks — even while doing homework. It’s enough to make you wonder: Is my kid ...
Addiction to social media is on the rise amongst young people. And determining whether your child is addicted to social media, or simply using it more than you’d like can be tricky. According to ...
Author Nir Eyal is hosting an Answers Session next Tuesday, ask him all about how to make internet products addictive and if that’s something we should want in any case. “Nearly everyone I know is ...
Telling ourselves that devices and platforms “hijack” our brains plays right into Big Tech’s hands. Does repeating a falsehood make it true? It seems so, at least when it comes to the myth that ...
Using this many devices at once doesn’t mean a person is addicted to technology. Pressmaster/Shutterstock.com I am a psychologist who has worked with teens and ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. I realize that some might insist that there is zero chance of ...
Smartphone addiction is growing and is only one of many legal addictions in our lives. Legal addiction like Starbucks can be a great way for a company to grow, but something is now starting to happen ...