Are smartphones the new 'opium of the people'?

More like the new cigarette. 50 years ago you'd look around and see adults everywhere smoking to waste time or to because it was the thing to do or just out of habit/addiction. This happened at train stations, waiting in lines, shopping in stores, everywhere. It was often one of the first things people did (in bed!) on waking up and the last thing before falling asleep.

https://imgur.com/gallery/vdsHl8y "Before phones, people used to talk to each other"

>One of his most quoted, but least understood sentences concluded that religion is "the opium of the people". Look at your teenager this evening, glued to social media. Better still, look at yourself, twitching if you don't have your smartphone to hand. What is it stored in there, amid the circuitry, data, addictive material and astonishing engineering - if not the opium of the people?

Atleast religion could solve my existential dread :(

Can you wait for the bus without taking our your phone?

Next time, look around and count how many are NOT taking out their phones 10-20 seconds after arriving.

Is Science a Religion? No. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/excellent-beauty/201...

Yes, absolutely.

A smart phone with wifi provides entertainment, communication, endless information, maps, weather, etc. etc.

Just a phone can provide for a lot of needs.

Emphatically yes