More than 30 years have passed since the launch of the commercial internet and network connection time It does not stop growing. “In 2020, with confinement, it skyrocketed, and the upward trend continued,” says the Business School professor. Pablo Foncillas.
Paradoxically, he explains, “The time that citizens spend on the internet is not greater in ‘rich’ countries“The states with the most hours of connection per day are South Africa, the Philippines, Brazil, Colombia, Thailand, the Emirates… all of them in developing countries, with more than 8 and a half hours a day!”
On the other hand, Japan, Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany spend the least time connecting, below 5 and a half hours. It seems that more education rhymes with less connection, that is, Societies with higher levels of education have more interests than the screen.
“Isolating ourselves means that we share less with others and that is dangerous,” says Foncillas. Because “A more solitary society is a less cohesive, less human society, in short, less of a society.. And therefore, there is a greater risk of getting carried away by the dark side of social networks.
