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With every new technology, we have to learn the new rules of engagement. This only comes from understanding what the technology can and can’t do and how that impacts our goals, behaviors and choices.
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Aside from my pet peeve regarding the flagrant misuse of the word "addiction," the assumptions about the negative impact are not only overstated but completely ignore the upside. Tech is a tool. Not using tech as a societal solution to "tech addiction" is ludicrous. Like "Just Say No," it sounds good but not only ignores the myriad of tech applications in our lives, it is blind to the fundamental drivers of human motivation that technology facilitates - social connection, self-efficacy and agency. The answer isn't abstinence, it's training. At the end of the day, it isn't about the tech, it's about psychology and perceived benefits to the person using it.