THE CONVERSATION: We can’t quit smartphones, but we can manage digital junk food better

Reported by Daily Maverick · 5 hours ago · Tanja Ahlin and Xin Zhan

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Digital devices have become a kind of essential infrastructure for daily life. How, then, do we develop a sustainable relationship with technologies such as smartphones that are both indispensable and potentially harmful?

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