People now kill themselves shooting selfies. They don’t do it on purpose. They simply go one step too far as they try to get a perfect shot of themselves on bridges, mountain trails, or wherever. Terrible things can happen when you pay more attention to the device in your hand than you do to where you are and what’s going on around you. (Here’s a stunning Wikipedia list of selfie-related injuries and deaths.)"Mobile phones make us think we can multitask, but there's now proof that they impair us, even when we're not behind the wheel." Geoffrey Fowler, Wall Street JournalThe computer power many people now carry in their pockets is astonishing. With smartphones we can get directions to our next destination, order dinner, buy and sell property, meet potential mates, and do all the other things we used to do on desktop and laptop computers.
The apps on smartphones are increasingly meeting our various needs. They help us, inform us, and entertain us. They’re addictive and they demand our attention. Those same apps relentlessly collect data about where we go, who we interact with, how we spend our time, what we think about, and more.
They compile as much information about us as we’re willing to tell, and many people tell them just about everything. Then they push perfectly targeted ads based on the data we have provided. When you think about it like that, smartphones are now more like tiny personalized billboards than telephones.
Introducing Prayer Wireless. Canst thou hear me now?
This piece first appeared in the January/February 2007 issue of The Wittenburg Door, the world’s pretty much only religious satire magazine.
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Parable of the Aggressive Driver
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