Are You Staring at Your Phone?
The addiction to technology has been with us for so long it’s become old news. We’re so addicted that we’re numb to the fact that we’re addicted.
David Suissa is Publisher & Editor-in-Chief of Tribe Media/Jewish Journal, where he has been writing a weekly column on the Jewish world since 2006. In 2015, he was awarded first prize for "Editorial Excellence" by the American Jewish Press Association. Prior to Tribe Media, David was founder and CEO of Suissa Miller Advertising, a marketing firm named “Agency of the Year” by USA Today. He sold his company in 2006 to devote himself full time to his first passion: Israel and the Jewish world. David was born in Casablanca, Morocco, grew up in Montreal, and now lives in Los Angeles with his five children.
The addiction to technology has been with us for so long it’s become old news. We’re so addicted that we’re numb to the fact that we’re addicted.
We’re conditioned as human beings to value one thing above all: time. But what happens when you see long hours ahead of you and what you see mostly is boredom and nothingness?
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Israeli innovators are so busy solving problems that make the world a better place they’re oblivious to the fact that much of the world hasn’t noticed.
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