Tiger Roholt’s essay, “Smartphones and Meaningfulness,” explores topics discussed in his recently published book, Distracted from Meaning: A Philosophy of Smartphones (Bloomsbury Academic, 2023). 在这篇文章中，他探讨了智能手机在可能有意义的场合（如大学研讨会）进行多任务处理的影响。 He makes the case that this distraction and its effects cannot be understood in means/end terms, in terms of performance cost. Instead, Roholt argues that smartphone multitasking should be understood in terms of interference with the active engagement that meaningful situations require.

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