How Smartphones Hijack Our Minds

How Smartphones Hijack Our Minds
Research suggests that as the brain grows dependent on phone technology, the intellect weakens

By Nicholas Carr, The Wall Street Journal
Oct. 6, 2017 12:36 p.m. ET

So you bought that new iPhone. If you are like the typical owner, you’ll be pulling your phone out and using it some 80 times a day, according to data Apple collects. That means you’ll be consulting the glossy little rectangle nearly 30,000 times over the coming year. Your new phone, like your old one, will become your constant companion …