“[Phone makers] design their products to consume as much of our attention as possible during every one of our waking hours, and we thank them by buying millions of the gadgets and downloading billions of the app[s] every year.” Why do consumers allow phone makers to do this? Instead of using their phones consumers are being used by them. The article “How Smartphone Hijack Your Minds” elaborates on justifications as to why this occurs and proclaims methods to cease it. Nicholas Carr, the author of “How Smartphones Hijack Our Minds,” describes how smartphones seize people’s mental resources. He imparts his thoughts through impactful evidences, suggestive examples and juxtaposing concepts. Carr is able to depict his point of view on how electronic
