{"id":118940,"date":"2015-01-29T12:52:47","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T12:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=118940"},"modified":"2015-01-29T12:52:47","modified_gmt":"2015-01-29T12:52:47","slug":"mr-selfie-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=118940","title":{"rendered":"Mr Selfie"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"embed-vimeo\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/117934677\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Something we have all no doubt noticed is the increasing fixation with what is going on our smartphones \u2013 if it\u2019s not ourselves, then we regularly see other people walking down the street pre-occupied with their phones, we see buses and trains full of commuters fixated on their little screens desperate for some information fix and it\u2019s not uncommon to see friends in restaurants interacting with their phones rather than each other \u2013 all missing what is going on around them and reducing their quality of life as a result. 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