Bill Gates warns of the silent threat that puts everyone at risk: "We must ban..."

These days, it's hard to go for a moment without a device or some kind of technology nearby unless you're in the middle of the countryside, but even in the most inhospitable places in the world, our smartphones are with us. Over the past 10 years, phones have become almost an extension of our bodies, inseparable from us for even a moment.

On the one hand, this may have certain advantages, but at the same time , the negative consequences of overuse of technology , especially mobile phones , are increasingly being detected. Interestingly, one of the people who has most contributed to the growth of the digital ecosystem and benefited from it, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, is now warning about the problems of spending too much time online.

Inspired by reading the book " The Anxious Generation ," the tycoon expressed his sense of alarm about how constant exposure to screens is affecting something as important as our ability to concentrate and think critically.

Gates places special emphasis on how this affects children , as these days they don't have time to be bored, think, or reflect because they spend their time glued to a screen that allows them to spend hours "thinking blankly."

"The irony is that parents these days are overprotective in the physical world and strangely inactive in the digital one , allowing children to live their online lives largely unsupervised." And more and more studies are pointing to the negative impact screens have on minors, starting with mental health and self-esteem issues.

In Spain, as in other parts of the world, parents are already joining forces to combat this problem , starting with banning access to cell phones until the age of 16.

Gates is just as emphatic, advocating for technology companies to join this precaution and do their part. To achieve this, he believes more effective age verification systems should be implemented on social media platforms, while also offering alternatives to screens by rebuilding what he calls the "infrastructure of childhood."