Might boomers be more addicted to their screens than teenagers? That’s the provocative question raised in a The Week article. Its author quotes a US survey that found half of the 61 – 79 year olds questioned said they spent more than three hours a day on their phone, with one in five regularly clocking up more than five hours a day online. They have become some of the most enthusiastic adopters of digital technology, according to other research, with retirement for them looking less like the golf course and more about Grand Theft Auto.
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