# 'Our minds can be hijacked': the tech insiders who fear a smartphone dystopia | Technology | The Guardian

<https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/05/smartphone-addiction-silicon-valley-dystopia>

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## What Jamie wrote

**Read this article!** I've had discussions close to many of the topic in this article with many of my most tech focused friends. There is something to take note of when the most aggressive adopters of new and interesting tech (for no reason than the tech itself) start abandoning an entire type of application. Is it a canary warning everyone? I think it is.

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)

## Appears in

- [WT23: Weekly Thing for October 14, 2017](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/23/), Links 📌

## Same host

- [I used to think social media was a force for good. Now the evidence says I was wrong | Matt Haig | Opinion | The Guardian](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/ab2566a035fd/) (theguardian.com, September 14, 2017)
- [Facebook’s war on free will | Technology | The Guardian](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/bb12d68df20b/) (theguardian.com, September 20, 2017)
- [I asked Tinder for my data. It sent me 800 pages of my deepest, darkest secrets | Technology | The Guardian](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/6e28268a23d3/) (theguardian.com, September 27, 2017)
- [Big Brother isn't just watching: workplace surveillance can track your every move | World news | The Guardian](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/5d5a46355924/) (theguardian.com, November 10, 2017)
- [Tim Berners-Lee on the future of the web: 'The system is failing' | Technology | The Guardian](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/6a9639b52750/) (theguardian.com, November 16, 2017)

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