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Tiger C. Roholt, "Distracted from Meaning: A Philosophy of Smartphones" (Bloomsbury, 2022)

New Books in Philosophy

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The Different Types of Distraction in Smartphones

We rehearse these smartphone perceptual structures and habits So often and in so many different contexts That they become very ingrained And they're almost uh, but I like to think of them as kind of sticky. They're very difficult to control and adjust, you know, so if you think about it that we're used to texting while we're walking on the couch You know in a class on the bus or just smartphone in general compartment and it just snaps into gear.

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