Not at all, but I think it's good to set them aside and concentrate on anything else for a while. All day long in front of screens will wear on you.

Everything is double edged.
Cell phones are great if you remember before them.
They're also annoying. I turn mine on when I need to use it.
. Internet is great for ideas, information.
Also a propaganda tool and echo chamber.
. It's all in how you use them.

That's fine for you, but I remember a time before the internet and I vastly prefer being able to communicate with people far away without either a hefty long-distance bill or time wasted waiting for things to arrive in the post.

I prefer up-to-date info for most of my research, and to be able to do said research at a moment's notice instead of having to work around the operating hours of a library or bookshop.

And most of all, I prefer having a GPS to direct me while driving over getting lost, hesitating at intersections and ending up ticketed, or taking a wrong turning and ending up late.

Social media sites have actually helped me to make more in-person contacts than before and to keep up with friendships that otherwise would have died. It's helped me gain perspectives from around the world instead of just my small physical space. This may sound like an ad or an inspiration piece but it's true.

Social media hasn't created strife and division, it's simply revealed more of what people are like.

I miss the 1980's and 90's...

In some ways, but I've also kept in touch with some people that I'd otherwise have lost contact with. I have a friend that often takes texts the wrong way, which is painful and people just don't get why I don't want a smart phone, but I don't. BUT I do like this site, it's interesting and keeps me learning.

With any change in technology there is good and bad. With smatphones we have the information of the world at our fingertips. It is up to us what we do with that information.

Total mixed bag for me. I'm now more aware of events that are happening around me and also more aware of breaking news. Unfortunately I am also more aware of the giant pretzel my friend had for lunch or that someone else is suffetingcfrom a headache. The good news is that it helps pass on at lightening speed all good things happening but then just as quickly passes on fake news and crazy cults that now a lot of people want to join. I still opt for in person visits as much as possible because texts, FB, and Twitter don't quite make it in the human touch category

They all have their place...in moderation...just like everything else.

The world was better. People talked to each other in lines and doctors offices etc. Peopled smiled at each other as they passed.

Good and bad just like everything . Loads of hate on Fb but then my mum wouldn't be able to FaceTime my 3 year old before smartphones

In some ways it was better, we had far more one-on-one relationships, in the immediate area of our lives, instead of around the world. but learning about the world, is a positive thing to...

Nobody is forcing you to do any of it...

Years in the near future something else will come along and then someone will say, is it just me or life was better when we only had smart phones, fb and social media ???..... In other words, it's always the same

Sad ..but unfortunately true ..
My daughter won't physically talk on her phone .Instead snapchat / instagram or whatever else you use to avoid utilisung vocal cords !