The Smartphone’s Role In Dumbing Down America. By Bruce Wilds.

The smartphone has begun to play a huge role in dumbing down America. …

People turn to these devices for all kinds of unneeded updates including performing simple math problems so they don’t have to think. …

A great deal of the problems with smartphones are rooted in the idea everyone deserves one. Yes, I said deserves, not needs. Smartphones are now considered by many people as an extension of their being. …

A government program started years ago … supplying free phones to people with low incomes or that have been declared needy. At that time these phones have become known as “Obama Phones.” …

Interestingly while many people admit they are addicted to these phones that seem to offer a form of escapism from the real world, some users are moving back to dumbphones …

A video by ColdFusion, an Australian-based online media company, looks into this “Anti-Smartphone Revolution.” It points out how the dumbphone or what is sometimes called a brick, is far less intrusive in our lives. Surprisingly, it is those users between the age of 25-35 that are leading this charge.