The saying "It's always darkest before the dawn" rings truer than ever before. It's difficult to be optimistic during this time of our lives; I'm watching the world burn just like everyone else. But, I have been keeping an eye on a few things, and one of them is the trend with people balancing out their smartphone use, or dropping it entirely and using a "dumbphone" instead, with real life. There's a whole subreddit (here) dedicated to dumbphones with advice, showing their EDC -everyday carry-, posting articles about the topic, and more.

With all these studies and even videos discussing how these devices are manufactured to grab our attentions (how it's affecting the youngest generation [Gen Alpha]). Yeah, people want their time back and help reverse as much of the damage done to these kids.

The last point about "before adopting a new piece of technology, see how much harm it does than good" is a good piece of advice. I wish more people start thinking this way sooner rather than later.