Smartphones Call For Smart Habits

1 minute read | First published: June 16, 2023
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Smartphones are fun and useful. But they're powerful tools of seduction. Every feature, colour and sound has been 'optimised' by teams of designers and psychologists to keep us hooked and coming back for more. Look around and you’ll see how well it's working. The average person taps, clicks and swipes on their phone over 2,600 times a day on average. If we did anything else that often, we'd probably call a doctor. What's going on? Are we consciously choosing to keep interrupting ourselves?

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