It feels like big tech has leveraged personal mobile devices to monetize the interstitial moments that we used to be bored in.
And this doesn't seem like it's working out well for the next generations' attention spans.
Have to remind my 8yo figuring out entertaining yourself (without screens) is something that needs to be practiced. To be fair, I find the modern workplace is just as bad for adults and makes it terribly hard to disconnect. It used to be the case for more tech industries, but with modern tooling it’s gotten worse. The pandemic, with the adoption of remote work apps, really seems to have fueled that one, but it was probably inevitable. In either case, I now have 2 phones so I can at least put the work one away at 5 and shut off.