Topic: Cell Phone Addiction

A host recounts the experience of living for one full year without a mobile phone or cellular account. Despite the social friction and disbelief from others, the host manages communication through Google Voice on a computer, highlighting the extreme addiction the general population has developed toward handheld devices since 2007.

Author Simon Sinek discusses the psychological impact of cell phone addiction, arguing that the inability to put away a device sends a subconscious message that others are not important. He compares checking a phone before greeting a spouse to other forms of addiction that destroy relationships.