Earlier this week we had a competition on phone ban. And I would like to add to this conversation. It is quite an important thing to discuss among peers. Because we live in an age of constant information and we get all our information from phones. And we get all our entertainment on the phones as well. That's why we see people around us being on their phones all the time. While we understand that being in touch with your phone is important because otherwise you'll miss important notifications throughout the day, it is also important to address the excessive use of mobile devices, which may cause different problems in both societal and personal lives.
This is something that is normal in my country. At least where there are kids and teenagers growing up and having a phone of their own and spending all their time on it, only to be scolded or taken their phone away by their parents because they simply spend too much time on their phones. Phones. I'm sure the problem is universal, but the method of execution might be different, varying from place to place. So I personally believe that yes, there should be some regulation as to when it is allowed for us to use our phones at home and when not. We should also understand that these rules will never be about simply restricting the use of phones, rather forcing people to spend more time in reality instead of a screen. Examples like banning phones at the dinner table can prove to be helpful. Because in that situation you have nothing to do. Do but actually talk to your family members about your day or maybe something else which could be largely more productive than simply staring at your phone and scrolling away. My point is that while these rules are fine, people should understand that there is a life outside the mobile phones which they already had and they're on the brink of losing. We should every now and then put our phone down and actually talk to people around us. This will help us build real connections with real people instead of having some technology being an intermediary. And real connections obviously last better than such online ones. So maybe if you put your phone down and talk to people then you might be able to get into more rooms than otherwise.
From the ancient hunter-gatherers we eventually became a society. Cluster of people living together and communicating. Now if we let a piece of technology make us go backwards on that thousands of years worth of progression, then obviously it is a problem. That's not about banning phones from any certain place or time, rather realizing that putting down the phone more often than not is a very healthy decision that you can make very easily.
