My estimate of phone usage is that most of my apps are social media and that my screen time is around 4-5 hours. I bet Spotify will also be a lot. I don’t think my screen time is extremely long, but I do think I could get better about being on social media as much because it’s mostly endless scrolling.
Answer: Social media was not as high as I expected, and my time was surprisingly under 4 hours. Spotify also didn’t show up, which surprised me.
Things the internet does well on/train us for: It helps us find credible sources more easily and find information very quickly. We can write paragraphs and find a lot of information within minutes. Things are much more accessible now. It teaches us to be up to date on current events and be tech-savvy. Everything is basically at your fingertips.
Things it harms/makes harder: The internet has decreased our attention span drastically. With apps like TikTok, we are trained to accept one-minute or less videos as “long” or “complete,” so videos that are longer feel exceptionally long. Reading textbooks is also harder with features like cntrl + f (word search). However, they have recently started implementing lots of AI, like Gemini searches instead of actual sources in browsers, which are often wrong.
List at least 3 APP/Internet examples of bad friction & how it generates harm.
TikTok – One-minute videos training us to accept one minute as short-term gratification
Algorithms on social media – taking your data and creating a feed that is tailored to you, designed to keep you addicted to the app
AI – taking away from human connection, human example, human work in general, etcThen list at least 3 examples of good friction? Are they defaults? Or user settings?
Being able to text and call people from far away, default/comes with every phone, literally what phones are meant for
Being able to call 911, default emergency contacts in phone, emergency button on passcode screen, you can sound an alarm or call emergency services
Screen time controls, user settings about shutting apps off at certain times, turning on blue light filters at a certain time
