‘Smartphones are worse than nuclear weapons’: an extract from David Mitchell’s new book

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In this extract from the introduction to the comedian and writer’s new collection of his Observer columns, he takes on the scourge of modern life

Lying is probably the inevitable consequence of being able to communicate. Language is an amazing tool, one that’s not available to most organisms, but I reckon as soon as you have the power to pass on the truth, it’s going to occur to you not to. Some of those bee dances and whale calls are almost certainly bullshit.

 

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Modern life is rubbish

'working out what is really going on has, for most of history, been humankind’s main purpose. Losing that is a high price to pay for being able to order pizza without speaking to anyone.' David Mitchell

I couldn't agree more. Thanks to smartphones, all my facial features melted away, I became Steele and people gape in horror as I gurgle down tasteless mush through what most generously call a 'food' hole. I am also incontinent.

Then try the new 'Dumbphone', it's made of rubber with big buttons for the larger index fingers?

I’ll not read that, it sounds false click bait.

Ok boomer

What a totally boring bull shit read i didn't even come halfway thru this post and decided to hit the back button and exit

Sounds shit

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