Not equating using the phone to doomscrolling

A cell phone is a tool. It can be used to communicate, read a book, study a language, as an aid for meditation, more and less...

The discourse around mobile devices devolves so rapidly to doomscrolling or other unhealthy or non-generative activities that it seems almost as if we can't choose what to do on a phone, if we choose to use it at all. But we can decide, so let's collectively decide to start with that.