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Many people effectively use their smartphone as a “comforter.” Just as a crying baby can be calmed down when given a dummy (aka pacifier) to suck on, many adults these days gain a similar comfort from picking up their smartphones. The trouble with this is that recent research suggests that the more people look at their phones each day, the less self‐insight they have. Personal realizations and breakthroughs in interpersonal problems usually follow periods of intense internal debate. But these internal debates simply don't happen very often if a person is constantly looking at their smartphone whenever they're alone.