Benedict Evans
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For its first two decades, the consumer internet was American - American companies, products, attitudes and laws set the agenda. That’s not so true anymore - there are more smartphones in China than…
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The Atlantic
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What comes after smartphones? — Benedict Evans
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Bloomberg
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Cal Newport
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Stratechery
Internet Trends: Smartphones and Internet Usage, Tech’s Takeover, The Small Business Revolution, Tech’s Deflationary Effect
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The Wall Street Journal
How Smartphones Hijack Our Minds
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Vox
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~16 min read · 2021-08-03 · Digital distractions such as social media and smartphones wreak havoc on our attention spans. Could they also be making us less ethical?
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