iPhones

There is an amazingly colourful world inside the iPhone, but it is never as real as the world outside. It is, I believe, inauthentic for us to escape from reality too often. iPhones also shorten our attention span. Many valuable human activities, such as deep appreciation of art and of scholarship, require a great deal of patience. Without enough patience, we are less able to reflect and to attach deep feelings to our surroundings. To me, widespread iPhone addiction is somewhat tragic --- unsurprisingly tragic though.