Anytime Quote by Walter Kirn

For many of us, our smartphones have become extensions of our brains - we outsource essential cognitive functions, like memory, to them, which means…

— Jenna Wortham

Even before smart phones and the Internet, we had many ways to distract our selves. Now that's compounded by a factor of trillions.

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

From the first time I held an iPhone, the space has evolved quickly, and people have shifted from reading content on their desktops to…

— Matt Mullenweg

“Many people forget that their smartphone, computer, and other devices exist for their convenience—not the convenience of everyone who wants to interrupt them throughout…

— Chris Bailey

We try to 'self-medicate' ourselves against boredom with mobile phones in any given moment of free time.

— Alex Bogusky

Technology has spoiled me and I'm so dependent on it that I do not even remember my mother's mobile number! And I used my…

— Madhura Naik

The moment of drifting into thought has been so clipped by modern technology. Our lives are filled with distraction with smartphones and all the…

— Glen Hansard

Technology continues to try to help our lives become better organized. In many instances it has accomplished that but in others it has only…

— Germaine Moody

In this media-drenched, data-rich, channel-surfing, computer-gaming age, we have lost the art of doing nothing, of shutting out the background noise and distractions, of…

— Carl Honore

“To put this more concretely: If every moment of potential boredom in your life—say, having to wait five minutes in line or sit alone…

— Cal Newport

Deskilling devices - they make us dumber. We're immersed in a system that now requires the use of a cell phone just to get…

— Douglas Tompkins

Technology is notorious for engrossing people so much that they don't always focus on balance and enjoy life at the same time.

— Paul Allen