Die Smartphone-Epidemie

The smartphone has massively changed the lives of five billion people on this planet in recent years. Many only see the positive sides, while few consider the negative impacts on our thinking, feeling, and actions. Smartphones harm health, education, and society as a whole. It is high time to confront the hype with facts. When will we finally wake up? In the last ten years, the smartphone has rapidly conquered the world and transformed daily life for its four billion users like no other technological innovation before. From morning to night, at work and in private life: nothing seems to work without a smartphone anymore. Even investors and entrepreneurs are now considering the health consequences. The CEO of Apple recommends not using smartphones in schools, the French president has completely banned them there, and South Korea has had laws for years to protect youth from the worst effects of mobile phone use. Smartphones harm health, education, and society as a whole. When will we finally wake up?

"Spitzer is a psychiatrist you can relate to. He feels a sense of duty. He sees himself not only as a scientist but primarily as a doctor who wants to help."

"Spitzer has a mission. He wants to protect humanity from the dumbing down that inevitably threatens it through computers, mobile phones, television, and the navigation system in cars, fueled by digital dealers around the world."

"The Ulm psychiatrist and brain researcher Manfred Spitzer primarily aims to awaken and clarify how harmful and unhealthy digitalized life is."

"Spitzer is a science entertainer who draws from his own experiences. He beats the drum only because he wants his findings to be heard in the rooms of children, teachers, and ministers.".