Your Phone Is Ruining Your Life Summary

Summary:

In a Japanese restaurant in New York, every person was guilty of having their phone out. The same thing happened at multiple other places. Individuals are constantly being distracted by their phones, resisting temptations. Martha Lane Fox believes that everyone should be nudged towards technology usage. She is pushing those who simply steer away from technology to start to use it. However, there is hope for those who are attached to their cell phones. By slowly easing ourselves off the technology or perhaps trying offline sabbaths could reduce attachment to cell phones. Children are greatly affected by all the technology. Balance is the key for technology usage, parents should allow their children to technology but not too much. This also goes for adults, …show more content…
With the right balance people can avoid their phones from controlling their lives.

Analysis: In my opinion, I do not believe that the article, “Your Phone is Ruining Your Life” completely achieved its goals. This article did express good points about phone usage but did not go into much depth. The author could have added more reasonings as to why people get caught up in their phones. I did agree that people should use technology but only use it in moderation. Technology can be very helpful in many ways, such as communicating or just simply checking the weather. It would be ashamed to not use the technology that has been created and advanced, we can not let it just go to waste. However, people can get too caught up in their phones which causes them to miss things in the real world. People tend to even miss opportunities just because their are on their phones. I personally think social media is one of the things that people devote too much time to. Social media can even affects people’s moods in a negative way. By being too involved in the online world can change