Cell phones have been a huge benefit for society, especially in countries where landlines were once the provenance of the rich....my wife's family in the Philippines was the only house on the block with a phone when I met her in 1991. They actually charged their neighbors 5 pesos (about a dime or so) to use it. Trust me no one in countries like India or the Philippines want to go back to that time.
I also believe they make society safer. The benefits far outweigh the negatives.
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