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IF I asked you to describe the relationship you have with your phone, what would you say? For many, I have a suspicion that the word “addicted” would crop up in some way. For those of us who use digital technology with any sort of regularity, there will inevitably come a point where we think we have overdone it, and that doesn’t feel good.
But does this really mean we are addicted to our screens? I would wager that, for the vast majority of users, the answer is no. Certainly not in a clinical sense, because there is no…