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The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes

Our phone addictions are unhealthy

Our phone addictions are unhealthy
Self-awareness and self-control are crucial to breaking free.
Evana Upshaw, Opinions Editor October 2, 2020

By all reasonable measure, most Americans have a normalized addiction: smartphone use. According to The Atlantic, we “tap, type, swipe, and click on our smartphones 2,617 times a day.” We sleep with our phones, go to the bathroom with our phones and turn to them when we feel the slightest twinge...