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For All That Is Good About Humankind, Ban Smartphones (jacobin.com)
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[โ€“] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

And then what? Go back to the stone age?

Kids waiting to get picked at school and their parents have emergency, how are they gonna inform the others to get picked up? Are they gonna just let that kid suck it up and wait for hours, just like the good old times?

[โ€“] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

The stone age = any time before 2005 apparently ๐Ÿ™„

[โ€“] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago

What? Corded phones exist, and most schools and offices have at least one in each room. Dumb phones exist. Pagers exist.

Smart phones are not the only singular solution for easy, quick contact.