From the end of the twentieth century to today, the phone It was one of the greatest innovations of our time, an innovation that changed our lives and offered us once-unthinkable possibilities, such as being able to reach people at any time and in any part of the world. But what was and in some ways still is a great opportunity has gradually transformed, without our knowing it, into a devilry, “The Devil in Your Pocket” which imprisons parents and children, as the very eloquent and decidedly intriguing title of a slim pamphlet published by Einaudi and edited by Carl Verdelli, former director of Republic and former deputy director and now editorialist of the Corriere della Sera.
The mobile phone remains a very useful tool for the life and work of all of us but it contains, especially with the arrival of Artificial Intelligence, unimaginable dangers that violate privacy and hand over our existence and all our personal data to Big Tech whose power, as the President has also had the opportunity to denounce Sergio Mattarella, now surpasses that of the states. But what is most alarming is the state of dependence that cell phones create, which can have devastating effects on young people. Shouldn't we limit cell phone use for those under 16? Other countries have already done so. In Italy, two bills to this effect exist, one from Italia Viva and the other from Fratelli d'Italia, but they have been dormant for months in a Parliament that seems unwilling to move. And the Government even less so.
