This is Stephen Robbins. Welcome to the Get It Done guys quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Hey, it's that time of year again. Apple just released a new set of iPhones and iOS and everyone's going bonkers.

Oh my gosh, this is the next big thing. 4.7 inches. That's big! Of course, we said it was the next big thing last year, too. And the

year before. And the year before that, and so on, probably until back before most of you were born.

And even though this new device will finally make our lives perfect, well, I mean, we thought

that about the last device. We thought the amazing new iPhone touchscreen from iPhone

would make our

lives perfect. And it didn't. Size matters, but not when it comes to electronic screens.

Since I've been in high tech, we have revolutionized business. Business productivity is at an all-time

high. But, for those of us who aren't businesses, technology rarely delivers true increases in happiness

or quality of life.

I work more hours, have less vacation, fewer in-person friends, and less substantive

conversations than I used to.

I blame technology for most of it.

You see, my charmingly, curmudgently attitude comes from one simple fact.

I actually pay attention to whether or not technology delivers on its promise.

Technology is killing your brain.

We have data on the effects of technology.

The marketing departments of Silicon Valley want you to believe that technology gives us amazing new powers.

It frees up parts of our brain, which then make

us mental giants. Wrong. They're lying. Research shows more and more that technology is

destroying our ability to think. It is not freeing up parts of our brain to do grand new things.

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