By calling
the urge to always wear your iPhone an obsession, Rosen just points out an
important human behavior. As a human being it’s crucial to have control over your
life. We search for things that give us a sense of security. By wearing an
iPhone or smartphone you can get this sense of security since this technical
advice contains a part of you. Pictures, private messages and important
appointments make the iPhone your “friend” that you can’t be separated with.
This behavior
doesn’t stand out through the ages. When the regular cellphone appeared at the
market, wouldn’t people always wear them then and wouldn’t people use
electricity when it was invented. Both these things simplified our lives and
gave us a satisfaction similar to what iPhones gives some people today. The
differences stand in availability and advertisement. Today everything is available
all the time and you can get it anywhere.
If Rosen
call the use of iPhone an obsession, then aren’t we always searching for things
to be obsessed with?
I guess humans have always wanted new things and if someone else got it, we must have it as well. To compare electricity and phones are a smart way of showing how we are able to develop and adapt to new technologies and how quickly we get dependent. Though I think electricity beats phones every time! I have always been interested with technology and I think the impact the smartphone has on us is because it’s portable, versatile and has the entire world in a touch surface.
SvaraRaderaRosen was not so wrong with people going obsessed with their iPhones. Some may even be called addicted and addiction is always something one has to be careful with. But I totally agree that people tend to get weird when it comes to their possessions. Maybe it is about the feeling of security but maybe it is just about to possess something. So yes, maybe we are always searching for things to get obsessed with but it’s not an excuse to not have a throughout look about our behavior with smartphones.
SvaraRadera"If Rosen call the use of iPhone an obsession, then aren’t we always searching for things to be obsessed with?"
SvaraRaderaThis is something that is worth thinking about, in my opinion. Maybe we want to be obsessed with things? Or at least be very dependent of things, maybe it makes life easier that way?
And like the example with electricity, how did people live without it? Obviously they did just fine before it was invented, but then we got dependent of it and now we don't even now how to live without it.