[choward]

Imagine someone time traveled here from 30 years ago first learning what cell phones are then seeing this headline. Why is this even debatable?

[pinko]

Boiling frog syndrome.

[Nicksil]

>The premise is that if a frog is put suddenly into boiling water, it will jump out, but if the frog is put in tepid water which is then brought to a boil slowly, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog

[dehrmann]

But if you watch the pot, the frog won't boil.

[29083011397778]

The saying is cute, but it's important to note that the frog had to be lobotomized to stay in despite the slow change.

i'm not sure what our excuse is, however.

[Krasnol]

The attention (Advertising) industry shaping our brains: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22201771