Gen Z’s relationship with their phone has long come under scrutiny and critique. As I bristle with defensiveness and yearn to point out my mother’s Facebook reels consumption level, instead I acquiesce. Because to quote my elders, it really is “those damn phones”.
For so many of us, our phones serve as a perennial distraction from our daily tasks, creativity and basic timekeeping. For the advanced phonemaxxers, excessive screen time affects our memory, cognition, sleep and attention span.
