Isinyathelo somuntu wesimanje sishintshe kakhulu, ijubane lokunyakaza lehlile. Izitho zivumelana nohlobo lomsebenzi ukuze kugwenywe izithiyo okunzima ukuzibona uma ubheka ocingweni ngenkathi sibheka imeyili noma umlayezo. Abacwaningi bathi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, izinguquko ezinjalo zezinyathelo zingabangela izinkinga zeqolo nentamo.
Umbhali ohamba phambili wocwaningo uMatthew Timmis, wase-Anglia Ruskin University eCambridge, uthe indlela umuntu ahamba ngayo isifana neyomuntu ohola impesheni oneminyaka engu-80. Uthole ukuthi abantu ababhala imiyalezo besohambeni bakuthola kunzima ukuhamba ngomugqa oqondile futhi baphakamise umlenze wabo phezulu uma bekhuphuka umgwaqo. Ukunyathela kwabo kufushane okwesithathu kunabasebenzisi abangewona ama-smartphone njengoba bethembele embonweni wabo we-peripheral ongacace kangako ukuze bagweme ukuwa noma izithiyo ezingalindelekile.
"Kokubili abasebenzisi asebekhulile nabathuthukile be-smartphone bahamba kancane futhi ngokucophelela, ngezinyathelo ezincane," kusho uDkt. Timmis. - Laba bakamuva bakhulisa kakhulu ukugoba kwekhanda, ngoba babheka phansi lapho befunda noma bebhala imibhalo. Ekugcineni, lokhu kungase kuthinte umhlane ophansi nentamo, kushintshe ngendlela engenakulungiseka ukuma komzimba nokuma.”
Ososayensi bafake izithungatha zamehlo nezinzwa zokuhlaziya ukunyakaza kubantu abangu-21. Kufundwe izimo ezihlukene ezingama-252, lapho ababambiqhaza bahamba khona, bafunda noma babhala imiyalezo, bekhuluma noma bengakhulumi ocingweni. Umsebenzi onzima kakhulu kwakuwukubhala umlayezo, okwenze babheka ifoni isikhathi eside ngo-46% futhi ibe nzima ngo-45% kunalapho beyifunda. Lokhu kuphoqe izifundo ukuthi zihambe kancane ngo-118% kunokungabi nafoni.
Abantu behlise okwesithathu lapho befunda umlayezo futhi behlisa ngo-19% uma bekhuluma ocingweni. Kuphinde kwabhekwa ukuthi lezi zifundo bezisaba ukushayisana nabanye abahamba ngezinyawo, amabhentshi, amalambu asemgwaqweni nezinye izithiyo, ngakho-ke zihamba ngokugwegwele nokungalingani.
“Umqondo wocwaningo waba khona lapho ngibona ngemuva kwendoda ihamba emgwaqweni sengathi idakiwe,” kusho uDkt. Timmis. Kwakusemini, futhi kimi kwakubonakala sengathi kwakusesekuseni kakhulu. Nganquma ukuya kuye, ngisize, kodwa ngabona ukuthi unamathele ocingweni. Ngabe sengiqaphela ukuthi ukuxhumana okubonakalayo kuyishintsha ngokuyisisekelo indlela abantu abahamba ngayo.”
Ucwaningo lubonise ukuthi umuntu uchitha isikhathi esiningi se-61% enqoba noma yiziphi izithiyo zomgwaqo uma ehamba ne-smartphone ezandleni zakhe. Ukugxila kokunaka kuncishisiwe, futhi into embi kakhulu ukuthi lokhu akuthinti kuphela ukuhamba, emuva, intamo, amehlo, kodwa futhi zonke izindawo zokuphila komuntu. Ngokwenza izinto ezihlukene ngesikhathi esisodwa, ubuchopho bulahlekelwa ikhono lokugxila ngokugcwele entweni eyodwa.
Khonamanjalo, iChina isivele yethule izindlela ezikhethekile zabahamba ngezinyawo kulabo abahamba ngezingcingo, kanti eNetherlands amarobhothi akhiwe phakathi kwemigwaqo ukuze abantu bangangeni ngephutha emgwaqweni bese beshayiswa yimoto.