What is a Smartphone Ghetto? Thanks to Paulie420, I learned that in the West they don't know the expression "smartphone ghetto". So let me try to clarify this question. "Smartphone ghetto" is a conventional name for groups people who cannot think critically and are extremely dependent on their smartphones. These people are inside the information bubbles generated by social media. Such people are unaware of the existence of the world outside of their subscriptions and followers. According to research in 2018, users of different social networks never and nowhere intersect in 50-60% of cases. In simpler terms, what is relevant in one social network, for example, Facebook, is absolutely unknown in another, for example, VK. Thus, the "smartphone ghetto" is born. When, for example, within a certain social network, marketers and PR create a struggle with a certain far-fetched problem. Today, in the post-Soviet space, the idea is being promoted that mechanical wristwatches are outdated and annoy the generation of "zoomers". The problem stems from the fact that smartwatch sales are not growing at the rate expected. And therefore it is necessary to discredit the idea of using mechanical watches through discrediting the lifestyle of other people. Due to the fact that every inhabitant of the "smartphone ghetto" considers himself important, an accomplice of progress, thus discrimination begins. Such people begin to evaluate other people by the technologies they use. I already wrote about this form of discrimination in Phlog. The second problem of the "smartphone ghetto" is that every social network and messenger is a niche product. Consequently, the "smartphone ghetto" discredits people by the means of belonging to the "right" and "wrong networks". Try mentioning in conversation that you don't have a smartphone or social media. And you will appreciate the degree of brainwashing of the hostages of the "smartphone ghetto". This is a very simple experiment that you can do yourself. After getting to know the problem personally. Namely, to feel what it's like not to be hostage to neuromarketing.