\tPanellists dismissed digital detoxing as a means of restoring balance to users\u2019 lives, noting doing so can be just as dangerous as relying too heavily on technology.<\/p>\n
Autumn Krauss, principal scientist at SAP (pictured, far right), said banishing her smartphone from her bedroom actually left her quite anxious to find out what she had missed while sleeping.<\/p>\n
She woke up faster, but \u201cnot because I was necessarily refreshed\u201d.<\/p>\n
When addiction specialist Henrietta Bowden-Jones, founder of the UK-based National Problem Gambling Clinic (pictured, centre), relinquished her smartphone, she was reminded of being harangued by her pager in the early days of her career. \u201cI spent years in a state of constant agitation\u2026when we moved to mobiles, for me it was freedom\u201d.<\/p>\n
However, to assess if she had become addicted to her smartphone, Bowden-Jones quietly stopped using Twitter while on holiday. She noted the app was unconsciously adding to an already long working day: \u201cI thought, this is really not good.\u201d<\/p>\n
After a three-week hiatus she realised she hadn\u2019t missed the social network \u201cwhich is fascinating because I do look at it through the day and enjoy posting things\u201d.<\/p>\n
However, not everyone believed screen time is a bad thing.<\/p>\n
Timur Bekmambetov, a film director and founder of Bazelevs Group (pictured, second from left), explained how he has developed a new genre of movie, Screenlife, which effectively makes use of so-called digital distractions to provide an insight into people\u2019s lives, highlighting their various reactions and reflecting what he called a \u2018different reality\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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