Everyone Is an Insomniac Who Can’t Find Their Way
The demise of our internal clocks is another drawback of handy hand-held devices. The blue light keeps us wide awake no matter how exhausted we are. Being in an environment with artificial light, even if it is only your lock screen, throws off our circadian rhythm dramatically. After a night, or years, of far less sleep than is healthy, we take our sleep-deprived selves out into the greater world where we find our internal compasses have also been affected.
We collectively suffer from an inability to understand directionality and depend heavily on GPS technology. We can and will follow GPS almost anywhere, even when it is obviously going in the wrong direction. As with our memories, we tend to trust technology more than ourselves.
The Long and Short of It
When we find ourselves parted with our mobile devices, a meltdown is sure to follow. We are likely not going to part with them anytime soon. Still, we can find a sweet spot where we unplug for long enough to let our brains do more than operate our thumb muscles. In the meantime, just how handheld technology is rewiring our brains is not fully known. However rest assured, whenever we sort out the answer, it will be one Google search away.
