[samuellevy]

I did read the article, and it only vaguely describes the "problem" with smartphones in one paragraph, then it spends the rest of the article talking about the effects of the pandemic. The problem that it attributes to smartphones is that people will get distracted, then expect instantaneous communication, relationships require time & attention...

But the thing that they're blaming smartphones for is nothing new. Communication has always been a difficult thing, and before people had their heads buried in smartphones, they had their heads buried in TV, or newspapers/magazines/books, or they just simply went to bars/pubs.

The whole article seems like a vague, "hot take", nothing. It's an opinion backed up with zero research or evidence other than "I'm a couples therapist, trust me, I know."

[BLKNSLVR]

I read the article afterwards and it kind of petered out without taking much of a stance other than "go to couples therapy earlier than too late".