Today’s Tin Foil Talk:
Okay, hear me out.
What if your phone is basically a portal?
Not in the “there’s a demon living in your iPhone” kind of way. 
But what if this is really why we all have a phone addiction?
I mean… what is a portal?
A gateway. An entrance. A way to access somewhere else.
And that’s exactly what our phones are.
You pick it up and suddenly you’re somewhere else.
You can talk to someone across the world.
Watch something happening on the other side of the planet.
Enter someone else’s life.
Read breaking news.
Shop. Work. Argue with strangers. Get entertained. Get overwhelmed.
You’re physically sitting in your bed… but mentally, you’ve entered an entirely different world.
And here’s where it gets more interesting…
Most of us walk through that portal before we’ve even had coffee.
We wake up.
Reach for the phone.
And before we’ve had a chance to think, pray, drink water, talk to our spouse, or even figure out how we feel… we’ve already invited the outside world into our heads.
Other people’s opinions.
Other people’s problems.
Advertisements.
Bad news.
Comparison.
Entertainment.
Algorithms deciding what deserves our attention.
We haven’t even started our day… and we’ve already been somewhere else.
No wonder everyone has a phone addiction.
Now take that a step further.
We’re handing these portals to children.
And we’re handing them to them younger and younger.
Before they’ve developed much emotional regulation.
Before they understand manipulation.
Before they know how to distinguish truth from deception.
Before they really understand who they are.
And we’re essentially saying: “Here’s unlimited access to the world. You don’t fully understand the world yet… but here you go. Good luck” And then we wonder why adults have such a hard time putting the thing down.
Maybe the problem isn’t that technology is inherently evil.
Maybe the problem is access without maturity.
A portal isn’t inherently good or bad.
The question is: What’s on the other side… and are you ready to walk through it?
Because maybe we should stop asking: “Why am I always on this thing?”
…and start asking: “Where am I going every time I pick it up?”
— Katie
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