Great article by British journalist Mary Harrington

Long-form literacy sets the trajectory for career and life success. Bookworms are set to become the new 1% —- escaping the entrapment of smart phone addiction. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder(ADHD) is directly correlated with smartphone usage based on screen time. On top of the assertions in this article, I would add that the medical industry is profiting from all the negative consequences of tech addiction.

The tech oligarchs like Bill Gates keep their own kids off of the devices and software which they created. Furthermore, government is benefiting by being able to wiretap the world given the limited reach of privacy legislation to protect consumers. Government also wants to ban books. One school board in Florida has banned over 400 books including many of my favorites:

“Titles removed include many popular fiction books such as “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood, “Slaughterhouse Five” by Kurt Vonnegut, “The Fountainhead” by Ayn Rand, “Ready Player One” by Ernest Cline, “Jaws” by Peter Benchley, and “Game of Thrones” by George R.R. Martin. Popular author Stephen King had 47 titles removed, including well-known titles like “The Green Mile,” “Pet Sematary,” “Carrie,” and “It.”

It seems like having any kind of career is a long-shot for anyone who wastes most of their time on a smartphone from sun-up to sundown. Large swaths of multinational industrialists, politically-motivated educational boards, and authoritarian governments seem intent on this thought control in order to maintain their power. Those in the know are maintaining their own literacy as this will keep them far ahead of the TikTok and YouTube consumers. The disadvantaged will become even more servile and obsolete in a world that demands mindfulness, entrepreneurship, and intellectual tenacity to challenge incumbents and elites.

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