Ep. 86: The Soft Tyranny of Smartphones

Today, it seems that even the most mundane tasks require some sort of technology. Host Joseph Backholm is joined by Brad Littlejohn, fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, for a discussion on the growing use of smartphones in today’s society. From turning in homework, to gaining access to your gym, our cellular devices have quickly become a “social passport” to a lot of our day to day activities. Brad weighs in on the issue of a marketplace that requires the use of your smartphone and compares this current situation to the lessons we learned when automobiles first entered the scene.