Tuesday is one of my days in Cambridge doing Polar Studies at the Scott
Polar Research Institute. The course is run by the University of the
Third Age. We are very lucky to have a
huge range of courses in Cambridge. We are lucky to have many ex-university lecturers.
See
http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/ .
In a
not very scientific study into smart phone use, these were my findings, just looking:
- Younger people are the main users
- About 1 in 10 (at least) seemed to be using these
- More women than men seemed to use these (keep away, don't speak to me, acknowledge my private space?)
OK, I hear you say, so what, but this is a social thing: in days gone
by there was eye contact, people chatted to each other. At the very
least people acknowledged each other. It seems most young people have
lost the skill of face-to-face contact; the phone seems more important!
If this is OK, OK. Sadly, as a boring old git, I think this will come
back to bite us.
