左京研討會第十篇
手機成癮
我們都知道
人們很容易對某些東西上癮
例如毒品、菸酒、賭博、電玩
而現在則是社群平台
社群平台和其他的媒體
為了爭奪人們的注意力
處在激烈的競爭狀態中
科技巨頭們因此
聘請了世界上最聰明的工程師們
甚至專業的心理學家
來設計出最具成癮性的產品
但我們對此有所警覺嗎?
雖然我知道有些人們
有在減少使用這方面的軟體
但對大多數人來說
這已經是生活中
習以為常的一部分
有一次我的一個朋友
停用IG一整年
我當時很擔心她
是不是登出這世界了
另外現在資訊的更新率也很驚人
有一次我看到一個年輕網友
在新聞下面留言說:
「這已經不是新聞了，
我早上就看過它，
但現在已經是晚上了。」
這句話對我很衝擊
到現在都還印象深刻
我想社群軟體正傾向
餵食人們更多垃圾資訊
我想應該保護青少年們遠離它們
尤其是近期流行的短影音
它們的作用很類似毒品
除了讓人上癮之外
幾乎沒有帶來什麼好處
我相信科技產品
有其他更好的使用方式
而不是只誘使人們上癮
並且從中牟利
–English version–
Smartphone Addiction
We all know that people can easily become addicted to various things such as drugs, alcohol, gambling, gaming, and now social platforms. Social platforms and other media are all competing fiercely to catch our attention. As a result, IT companies hire the smartest engineers and even professional psychologists to develop the most addictive apps. Are we aware of this?
Although I’ve seen some people reduce their use of social platforms, they remain a significant part of most people’s lives. We are so familiar with them that when one of my friends stopped using Instagram for a year, I thought she might have died!
The rate at which information updates is also astonishing. One time, I saw a teenager post, “This is not news; it happened in the morning, and now it’s already night!” That shocked me.
I think social platforms tend to feed us more and more junk information, and we should keep young people away from them. Short videos are extremely popular now, and they act like a drug to people’s brains. I believe technology can be used in better ways than just making people addicted and earning money from them.