On: 'Our minds can be hijacked': tech insiders who fear a smartphone dystopia

[jessaustin]

Lots of current problems were created by that unexamined unanimity, so one would have to try much harder to successfully argue it was a "benefit".

[hydrox24 → jessaustin]

What problems were created by the unexamined unanimity?

I am not trying to argue there were no downsides, only that we should account for the benefits. The comments I responded to seemed to be ommitting the existence of some benefits. Whether the benefits outweigh the damage is a more complex question.