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Itโ€™s funny seeing people addicted to social media and smartphones coping with the reality of their addictions by claiming against all evidence that itโ€™s not social media or phones that the problem, man, itโ€™s, like, society thatโ€™s really whatโ€™s holdinโ€™ me downโ€ฆ.

Sure, sure, thatโ€™s gotta be it. Addicts always sounds the same. Been around them my whole early life so I am very familiar with the signs, rationalizations and justifications they toss out. Itโ€™s the same old script thatโ€™s probably been happening since someone first discovered you could chew on some weird leaves in 100,000 B.C. and forget about your troubles.

Meanwhile, smartphones and social media are a level one cognitohazard for most people โ€” and are especially bad for girls and women. Thatโ€™s the reality.