Catherine Price

Today, I’d argue that we can take this even further: if you wanted to invent a device that could rewire our minds, if you wanted to create a society of people who were perpetually distracted, isolated, and overtired, if you wanted to weaken our memories and damage our capacity for focus and deep thought, if you wanted to reduce empathy, encourage self-absorption, and redraw the lines of social etiquette, you’d likely end up with a smartphone.

Breaking up” with your phone means giving yourself a chance to stop and think.

means noticing which parts of your relationship are working and which parts are not

reached for my phone to soothe myself, but I often crossed the line from feeling soothed to going numb.

an intensely focused state of distraction.