[Captain Neckbeard]

Originally Posted by KempoMRK

I finished this. It was ok. I felt like I knew a lot of it already, either from reading about similar subjects previously or just from common sense. It was very shallow, which is why I think the majority of it felt familiar.

There wasn't really a lot written about smartphones themselves, which I found disappointing. I would have enjoyed an analysis on the history of them, along with how they've become socially acceptable to the degree that people don't find it weird to get their phone out at dinner and other similar situations. I don't find the reason why they're addictive overly interesting, it's obvious, but how they became so addictive that they're now able to function above social norms is very interesting.

It was also surprising that he didn't focus more on porn. It's only recently that we have high speed internet and tube sites, which is completely different to porno mags and even early internet porn, when it took forever to download even an image. The potential ramifications for future generations could be, and likely will be, massive. He even discussed how the adolescent brain is so easily molded, but didn't seem to discuss the worry of youngsters being able to stream the most extreme porn going before they've even held hands with a girl.

Overall, it was ok, but it was too shallow and I finished it feeling like I didn't learn anything new.

2/5

agree mostly....although I rated it a little higher because the writing was good enough to keep me interested through out the entire book but also began feeling disappointed when he delved into video game addiction thinking to myself like this not what I signed up for....idk I suppose addiction is addiction though which was kindve the point of the book in my opinion which also in turn was a contributing factor as to why this was shallow as you put it....since its really only so much that can be explained before youre repeating topics. I think i would've been more interested in more information as to what makes the technology so addictive specifically and less about the actual condition and symptoms of the addiction. all in all the anecdotes were interesting enough in my opinion to keep the book moving but agree it wasn't as informative towards the subject matter as i assumed it would be prior to reading.