![]() Instead of communing with God, Screwtape commends the “Nothing” strategy, which he assures is… The senior demon, Screwtape, is teaching his nephew, Wormwood, about the goal of distracting his “patient” (a Christian). He illustrates the frustration of the nature of his distractions with a reference from The Screwtape Letters by C.S. I was not edified or served, only further fatigued because of missing a nap I should have taken or a walk I could have taken, and easily lured back to my phone for more. On and on I flicked down a list of disconnected and fragmented items, and most of them only barely important or interesting. ![]() I flicked past a video of a cat that sounds like a crying child then I saw a new study about gun control then I saw an innovative new keyboard for tablets then I read a story from the latest celebrity gossip then I was offered twenty pictures of actors who have aged badly (which I ignored) then I saw a breaking news story about a rogue militia group in Oregon then I read that North Korea apparently had detonated a test atomic bomb then I watched a viral video of a “monster shredder” that crushes refrigerators, couches, and cars with large metal teeth and then I saw pictures of a friend and his wife on vacation in Iceland. Today, tired after work, I opened Facebook on my phone, looking for a diversion. He opens his conclusion with the following, familiar routine. I just finished an excellent book, 12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You, by Tony Rienke (2017).
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