# Decreasing Smart Phone Sales, and others, from "Positive Changes That Are Occurring", by Jeff Miller **URL:** \ **Category:** Positive Changes That Are Occurring\ **Created:** [January 27, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.orgones.co.uk/t/decreasing-smart-phone-sales-and-others-from-positive-changes-that-are-occurring-by-jeff-miller/5386 "2021-01-27T18:33:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
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I’m editing down, trying to make it as lean as possible. **TECHNOLOGY MAKES YOU WANT TO KILL YOURSELF** “There will be, in the next generation or so, a pharmacological method of making people love their servitude, and producing dictatorship without tears, so to speak, producing a kind of painless concentration camp for entire societies, so that people will in fact have their liberties taken away from them, but will rather enjoy it, because they will be distracted from any desire to rebel by propaganda or brainwashing, or brainwashing enhanced by pharmacological methods. And this seems to be the final revolution.” **― Aldous Huxley** I’m editing down, trying to make it as lean as possible. **TECHNOLOGY MAKES YOU WANT TO KILL YOURSELF** “There will be, in the next generation or so, a pharmacological method of making people love their servitude, and producing dictatorship without tears, so to speak, producing a kind of painless concentration camp for entire societies, so that people will in fact have their liberties taken away from them, but will rather enjoy it, because they will be distracted from any desire to rebel by propaganda or brainwashing, or brainwashing enhanced by pharmacological methods. And this seems to be the final revolution.” **― Aldous Huxley** ![capture.27-01-2021 20.53.22](https://forum.orgones.co.uk/uploads/default/original/2X/1/1de81d6158aeec60f3575335c5c5107be29571b6.jpeg) Heavy internet use is associated with mood disorders, poor sleep quality, low self-esteem, impulsivity, suicide, lower levels of physical activity, and health problems (migraines, back pain, obesity). Roughly one in five smart phone users will become addicted and have serious behavioral problems. Web-addicted individuals have a 65% higher rate of psychiatric morbidity. In a Chinese study from 2014, 21.3% of smart phone users were found to be addicted to their phones. Just two years later, in 2016, 50% of U.S. teens felt addicted to their phones. Internet addicts have a 47% higher rate of suicidal thoughts within a week, a 23 percent higher rate of lifetime suicide attempts, and a 5 percent higher rate of suicides attempt within a year. The suicide rate in the ten highest smart phone penetration nations is 50% higher than that in ten lowest smart phone penetration nations. The highest smartphone penetration nation in the world, South Korea, has the worlds highest suicide rate among females and the third highest suicide rate in the wold among males. [Salon.com](http://Salon.com) said it was because “South Koreans are _ **under enormous pressure to succeed** _ at work, school and in relationships, and _ **to care for their families** _”. Teenagers who spend 5 hours a day on electronic devices are 71% more likely to have suicide risk factors than those with one-hour use. And It was the time spent on the device, not the content, that mattered most. You can see how the rate of suicidal ideation increases with hours of use, from 25% at two hours a day, up to 71% at five hours a day. The phone addiction rate among adolescent females is 150% higher among women than among men. From 1999 to 2018, the increase in suicide has been twice as large among women as it has been among men. The number of women who use their phones more than 6 hours a day is twice that of men who did the same. The youth suicide rate in Utah tripled from 2007 to 2017. [sprc.org](http://sprc.org) said Utah officials were “_ **unsure** _ why”. They’re pretending not to know that the rate of suicidal ideation is 12% higher, and the rate of suicide attempts is 8% higher in phone-addicted adolescents. Suicide in the U.S. increased 24% from 2002 to 2017. Business insider said “It’s _ **hard to say** _ for _ **sure** _, but research has shown that _ **increased rates of financial stress** _ might partially explain why so many more middle-aged Americans turned to suicide during this time period. Women aged 45-64 especially had a _ **significant** _ increase in suicides over the 15-year period.” The largest increase in suicide is seen in women aged 45-64, the group most addicted to the technology which is driving the suicide. The suicide rate among 10 to 24 year old females in the U.K. increased 82% from 2012 to 2018 - almost doubled - to the highest level ever recorded. Suicide among older teen girls in the U.S. was at its highest level in history in 2015. The suicide rate for teenage girls in Australia rose at a rate 840% higher than the rate for the population overall in 2015. Australia has the second-highest smart phone penetration on Earth, at 77%. ![image](https://forum.orgones.co.uk/uploads/default/original/2X/2/2b5fd886938fd5b8d4cdd2f20a48f9d65d296d02.jpeg) Suicides in Massachusetts increased 3.8% in 2015. There was no increase among men. The number of women and girls who killed themselves in the U.S. increased 16% in 2015. The biggest increase was among women ages 45 to 54. Women aged 45-54 suffer more stress and depression than all other age groups. An article from 2015 from the National Institute of Health wrung its hands and asked “_ **Why** _ is depression more prevalent in women\*\*\*?\*\*\*” The NIH is an Organ of the State, using conscious deception while retaining the firmness of purpose that goes with complete honesty to assert it has no idea that technology is driving depression and suicide, particularly among the group most addicted to it. In 2017, teen smartphone use was linked to depression and suicide. In 2017, suicides passed homicides as the leading cause of death for teens in the U.S. In April 2017, the National Institute of Health said that there had been an “_ **increase** _” in suicides and child mortality in Greece “_ **during the crisis** _”. In October 2017 the New England Journal of Medicine widened its eyes to simulate honesty and asked “_ **Are** _ Suicide Attempts Increasing\*\*\*?\*\*\* They’re questioning whether suicide rates a third higher than those in 1999 have, in fact increased. The New England Journal of Medicine is an Organ of the State, using conscious deception while retaining the firmness of purpose that goes with complete honesty. **DROPPING TRUST IN TECHNOLOGY** The 2017 Edelman Trust Barometer showed that **over half** of respondents said they did not trust their main providers to define fair terms and conditions around the use of their personal data. Confidence games, or cons for short, are swindles in which a self-described con “artist” puts on fair guise, gains their trust, then takes advantage of them. Con artists disdainfully call the credulous people who fall for their act “rubes”. This record drop in trust signals the end of the confidence game. In 2017, a book was published entitled “Who Can You Trust?: How Technology _ **Brought Us Together** _ and _ **Why** _ It Might Drive Us Apart”. There’s that word trust again! Author Rachel Botsman is fighting a desperate, hopeless rearguard action against a populace that has recognized that technology has been weaponized against it. In January 2017, the Chicago Tribune said “_ **Trump** _ says he _ **doesn’t trust computers** _ as he rings in 2017”. Wow, there’s that word trust again! The mouthpiece of the State “the Chicago Tribune” is quoting scripted Bad-Cop Trump in an attempt to drive the witless herd back into the revival tent of the snake-oil religion known as “Technology”. “Only an idiot like Trump wouldn’t trust a computer!” But everybody’s getting wise to the game. In April 2017, [weforum.org](http://weforum.org) threatened: “We don’t trust the internet. _ **And it’s putting our digital future at risk** _.” In November 2017, IndustryWeek said “_ **We Shouldn’t Trust New Tech. We Shouldn’t Fear It** _”. How can you not fear something you can’t trust? That’s a brazen Satanic inversion. It’s also an example of doublespeak, and doublethink. ![capture.27-01-2021 20.54.30](https://forum.orgones.co.uk/uploads/default/original/2X/0/05c13b3e3452a0c189179ef5a6f10c9e0a983689.jpeg) (From “The Terminator”, 1984) In November 2017, an ICO survey showed _ **most** _ UK citizens **don’t trust** organisations with their data. The Edelman Trust Barometer from February 2020 set records for trust inequality. The mass population was 14% less trusting than they were in 2019. There were 23 markets with double-digit trust gaps. 61% agreed that “The pace of change in technology is too fast”. 66% agreed “I worry technology will make it impossible to know if what people are seeing or hearing is real”. And 66% agreed “Government does not understand emerging technologies enough to regulate them effectively”. Trust in Technology dropped 4% among “the Global 26”, with the largest decreases being seen in France (-10%), Canada, Italy, Russia, Singapore (-8%), the U.S. (-7%), and Australia (-6%). **DECREASING SMART PHONE USE** Nokia’s stock dropped 70% from 2006 to 2016. In 2013, mobile phone sales dropped for the first time in history. Households with mobile service but no smartphones rose 7% from 2017 to 2019, as adoption of basic phones doubled among households earning over $100K/year. Smart phone sales in Egypt dropped 50% in 2017. Daily News Egypt said the decrease occurred “_ **after flotation** _”. The sales of the Chinese smartphone makers Oppo and Vivo dropped for the first time in India in July 2017, by 30%, year-over-year. In 2017, AT&T said that smartphone sales had become so unpredictable that it would no longer provide a forecast for the company’s total revenue for 2017. Gartner said that international sales of smartphones _ **increased 9% in the 1st Quarter of 2017** _. That’s a completely made-up number, I’m afraid, given the fact that Samsung’s smartphone sales dropped 50% in China in the 1st Quarter of 2017, to their lowest level in five years. I’ve exposed Gartner’s duplicity using what was known in the old days as “fact checking”. In March of 2017 Blackberry was said to be “doing _ **better** _ since ditching the smartphone business”. International smartphone shipments dropped 1.3% in the 2nd Quarter of 2017 year-over-year. iPhone sales decreased by .78% in the second quarter of 2017, year over year. CEO Tim Cook blamed the Apple’s sales drop on “_ **press leaks** _”. Smartphone sales in India dropped 4% in the 2nd Quarter of 2017. Apple’s stock dropped more than 2% in May 2017. In May 2017 doctors in Denver, Colorado sought to ban smartphone sales to preteens. Smart phone sales in Brazil dropped 2% in the third quarter of 2017. The IDC said the decrease occurred “_ **as consumers save for Black Friday and Christmas** _”. In July 2017 the Samsung Galaxy S8 smart phone was selling 20% below 2016’s S7. Smartphone use decreased among the young for first time in October 2017. In October 2017, Essential dropped the price of their smartphone by $200. An opinion piece from October 2017 said “Flip phones are the smart substitute to smart phones”. That same month, another article said “John Stockton, Karl Malone and their flip phones hung out together”, noting “Karl Malone is a staunch proponent of the flip phone, going back to an interview in 2014.” The Taiwanese smartphone-maker HTC’s shared price dropped over 8% in November 2017, “_ **Google sale report** _” blamed. In January, 2018, even the accurately-named [scarymommy.com](http://scarymommy.com) said “I Don’t Want To Be A Smartphone Zombie Anymore.” In February 2018, the international smartphone market dropped for the first time in history, by a staggering 9%, year-over-year. In 2019, 48% of Japanese aged 10-19 said they had thought about living without a “smart” phone, the highest percentage among all age groups polled. Flip phone sales increased 5% in 2019, growing for four consecutive quarters and comprised roughly a quarter of all phones shipped. **DECREASING SALES OF PC’S, LAPTOPS AND TABLETS** PC sales decreased continuously from 2012 to 2020. ![image](https://forum.orgones.co.uk/uploads/default/original/2X/b/bc4c0c29045df8cc1c837b8b3bb3f0444e76f932.jpeg) 2012 is when the great positive changes that are underway at every level of our reality got underway in earnest. I started writing this series of articles on the subject in the summer of 2013. In October 2012, IT PRO widened its eyes to simulate honesty and said “Desktop PC sales _ **fall** _ as _ **business users turn to tablets** _”. The word “fall” was used because it’s it’s softer than “drop”, and also as a thinly-veiled reference to the fallen Lord Lucifer. But the main reason it was used is because it’s general. The international news blackout that is in place on this subject forbids the use of any statistics in headlines that would provide insight into the magnitude of the trend I’m documenting here. Since sixty to seventy percent of readers only read the headlines, it goes a long way toward “compartmentalizing” the phenomenon. “Business users turn to tablets” is a bullshit plausible-deniability excuse, put forward because many or most readers will grasp virtually any straw, no matter how thin, to remain off the hook of personal responsibility. Here, in 2012, PC’s are already dead, and “tablets” are the latest Bad Actor in the collapsing Ponzi scheme that is technology. In July 2013, [bizjournals.com](http://bizjournals.com) said “Dell “Exploring” Wearable Technology Market as PC Sales _ **Drop** _”. Where “drop” is general. The international news blackout that is in place on this subject forbids the use of any statistics that would provide insight into the magnitude of the trend I’m documenting here. Since sixty to seventy percent of readers only read the headlines, it goes a long way toward “compartmentalizing” the phenomenon. Bizjournals is pushing wearables, the then-new gimcrack being pushed in the collapsing confidence game that is Technology. In May 2014, PCR said “iPad sales _ **fall** _ as consumers _ **hold on to existing devices** _ for _ **longer** _”. In April 2015, Tech Advisor widened its eyes to simulate honesty and said “Tablet sales drop 20% _ **as wearables** _ _ **rise** _”. Personal computer sales fell for the fifth year in a row in 2016. In April 2016, Computerworld said “Tablet sales _ **fall** _ as users move to _ **premium 2-in-1 devices** _”. In April 2016, IBM recorded their 6th straight drop in quarterly revenue, which decreased 5% year-over-year. Tablet sales decreased 20% in the 4th Quarter of 2016, year over year. In December 2016, in a display of Mil-Speak only a Millenial Zombie could love, [theregister.com](http://theregister.com) said “PC sales outlook _ **improves** _: _ **Now terrifying instead of catastrophic.** _ In 2017, PC sales dropped below 63 million for the first time in ten years. In January 2017, the U.K.’s Telegraph widened its eyes to simulate honesty and said “Tablet sales to fall for third successive year _ **as PC market stabilises** _.” Well, if that’s true, then why is a [Phys.org](http://Phys.org) article from January 2017 headlined “Personal computer sales fall for fifth year in a row”? It’s not true. As a member of a Great Big Conspiracy, the U.K.’s Telegraph is using conscious deception while retaining the firmness of purpose that goes with complete honesty. In 2017, PC sales decreased for the sixth year in a row. Microsoft’s Surface laptop revenue decreased by 26% in 2017. A drop in tablet sales in 2017 was attributed to “_ **consumers turning to smartphones** _.” In January 2017, PC sales decreased for the 11th quarter in a row. Tablet sales dropped for the 12th consecutive quarter from July through September 2017. ![image](https://forum.orgones.co.uk/uploads/default/original/2X/e/ef093b68a7368fc0afaced31d7a2773fea2baf2c.jpeg) In June 2017, Reuters said “Wall Street hit hard as tech _ **softness** _ continues”. Where “softness” is a general hedge put forward against a far more impactful, specific statistic. It’s an example of the propaganda technique known as “compartmentalization”. Worldwide PC Shipments decreased 2% in the fourth quarter of 2017. In October 2017, toward the end of the sixth straight year of decreasing PC sales, Fortune laid down a lovely bit of Mil-Speak with “Back-To-School Season _ **Did Not Lift** _ Personal Computer Sales.” In October 2017, the Financial Times widened its eyes to simulate honesty and brazenly lied “PC market _ **set** _ to return to growth in 2018”. “SET to return to growth” makes it seem like the PC market is carefully taking a measured step in an intended direction, and is also a thinly veiled reference to the god “Set” that the folks in charge have worshipped under various names, well, all the way back to Babylon, and before. It’s where we get the word “Satan”. Where “did not lift” is general. The international news blackout that is in place on this subject forbids the use of any statistics in headlines that would provide insight into the magnitude of the trend I’m documenting here. Nordic PC sales decreased 4.2% in 2018. International Semiconductor Sales Dropped 15.5 Percent in First Quarter of 2019. **Jeff Miller, Brooklyn, New York, January 24, 2021** If you’d like to be added to this free mailing list, or know someone who would be, please send me a note at [jeffreymiller64@hotmail.com](mailto:jeffreymiller64@hotmail.com) You can access these articles online at [https://forum.orgones.co.uk/c/positive-changes-that-are-occurring/](https://forum.orgones.co.uk/c/positive-changes-that-are-occurring/)