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What could be the worst impact of cellphone usage to humanity?

Asked by mazingerz88 (29264points) January 27th, 2019

In our lifetime and if you care to predict, in humanity’s future as well…

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SQUEEKY2's avatar

That we lose the ability to interact with people face to face.

kritiper's avatar

Other than everybody using one while driving?

jonsblond's avatar

The deterioration of our attention span.

Dutchess_III's avatar

All of the above.

ellespark's avatar

Evolving weird shaped thumbs for scrolling.

LuckyGuy's avatar

Total loss of privacy and more invasive surveillance than Big Brother ever dreamed possible.
With the addition of coupled fitness trackers Big Brother will be able to measure some vital signs, heart rate and activity simultaneously and predict when you are under stress or merely thinking of something exciting.

Inspired_2write's avatar

Brain tumors.

Dutchess_III's avatar

That is a debunked myth @Inspired_2write .

Dutchess_III's avatar

People will forget how to do things, like read a map.

KNOWITALL's avatar

I think the total reliance on them is making people feel more important than they actually are.

Like social media posts and even here, our opinions actually matter very little, if at all, to anyone that matters (meaning politicians/ policymakers), yet online keyboard warriors are getting more and more intense.

Not many of the new generations ever mention writing/calling their congressman or anything productive, which I find sad.

Dutchess_lll's avatar

We forget how to use our imaginations.

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