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Posted Christmas lights on Carnaby Street in London, thousands of people responded to it.

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Posted Christmas lights on Carnaby Street in London, thousands of people responded to it.

Posted Christmas lights on Carnaby Street in London, thousands of people responded to it.

But the focus of most of the reactions was not the beautiful and spectacular lights, but the multitude of mobile phones in the hands of the viewers who were busy photographing this moment.

One of the users wrote in the comment section: "Remember when we used to look directly at things with our own eyes? Those days were really good days."

Many users in their comments raised the question of why people, for example, take pictures of fireworks instead of actually watching them.

Since cell phones equipped with high-quality cameras became widely available to the public, several studies have been conducted to understand the effect of recording events through photos or videos on human memory.

Many of these studies have concluded that taking a photo or video of an event may, contrary to what I think, prevent you from remembering it accurately, rather than helping you remember the moment better.

What about you when you see some interesting scene, do you first think of recording it with your mobile phone or do you try to see it with your own eyes?

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