[theyellowkid]

> But smartphones are delivering no benefit to mankind. At all. The only compelling reason to use them is social pressure.

Benefit? Probably not. Social Pressure? I'd say it's mostly the same addictive behavior that's built into slot machines.

There's been a lot of high speed evolution that has gone into modern products. Fast food, social media, the perfection of pop music production. The unsuccessful die off.