
Phone bad, climbing worse, neurological destruction imminent
A satirical New Yorker cover parody depicting two people sitting atop a giant smartphone, having climbed a ladder to reach its peak. The phone dominates the landscape like a monument, with a scenic ocean and sun in the background. The composition metaphorically presents social media as an all-consuming digital monolith that users must literally ascend to access.
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The Neurological Catastrophe of the Social-Media Era
By Oliver Sacks
THE NEW YORKER