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'Our minds can be hijacked': the tech insiders who fear a smartphone dystopia | Technology | The Guardian

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'Our minds can be hijacked': the tech insiders who fear a smartphone dystopia | Technology | The Guardian

More and more people working at Google, Twitter, Facebook and other tech giants disconnect themselves from smartphones. By radically limiting the featureset to a normal wireless phone, they want to gain back control over their lives. Paul Lewis spoke to some people and researched why tech insiders who actually build the apps and operating systems for smartphones and other smart devices fear a smartphone dystopia. A good read on mental health issues.