Why Do You Reach for Your Phone Every 10 Minutes?
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Why Do You Reach for Your Phone Every 10 Minutes?
In the pitch-black deep sea — “ding!” — a yellow notification lure lights up, and as the camera pulls back, the lure turns out to be the tip of the fishing rod of an anglerfish whose body is a smartphone. Gulp by gulp, 4 hours 12 minutes of the clock-pufferfish “me”'s day, 63 days a year, and 1 year 9 months per decade disappear, as a ring of 144 slots for the day flickers on. At “Not a habit… a design,” the screen scans into a blueprint, revealing notifications, infinite scroll and red badges as drawing annotations, and at “Creepy,” the pufferfish's spines bristle — click off the notification switch, the lure's light goes out and the anglerfish falls asleep. The numbers come with source tags (App Annie 2021 · Reviews.org 2023) and calculation tags.