Phone bad

"Phone bad," reports a new study from Harvard. The study was conducted over a one year period and tracked participants well-being via monthly surveys. Participants reported the amount of time they used phone as well as their overall well-being, self-esteem, and mood.

"We found that participants that used phone more often were more likely to be depressed af, have lower self esteem, and overall experience more symptoms of bad than other participants," explains PhD. Sruti Gupta. "It's certainly supports the hypothesis that phone bad."

Participants who used phone were less likely to focus on school, work, or relationships. "Phone substitutes attending to real life responsibilities with endlessly doom scrolling memes," finds Gupta.

Many studies and articles opine that phone might be detrimental to mental health and one's social evaluation of their quality of life. "People who use phone tend to distort their perception of reality, comparing their life to unrealistic portrayals of luxury, success and happiness," says Vox journalist Sylvia Goldburg. "When society as whole is glued to their phones instead of experiencing life, we can only conclude phone bad and no phone good."

Cultural depictions of phone bad have become ubiquitous online. Source: Speedbump.com

Participants in age groups 50+ used phone at the same rate as younger participants, but reported double the self esteem. "While younger participants tend to rate phone good and older participants phone bad, we see that phone just as bad for each group." explains Gupta.

One thing is certain: in a digital society, one must be sure to take a step back from phone and enjoy life as it was before phone. "Phone not bad in moderation, but too much of good thing always spells bad."

Perhaps it's time to put down the phone and use computer instead.