On #1, is this something you’ve seen people in the past find difficult? Even for 10 minutes? (Or found difficult to do yourself, at some point?)
If so, that would be a pretty huge update for me as regards screen addiction in general. I think of it as something subtle, gradually filling quiet moments throughout the day, until it seems there isn’t a spare moment that it doesn’t sink its algorithms into. But never anywhere close to the kind of intense, immediate dependence that would make a person feel uncomfortable or stressed if they had to go without for the duration of a short walk. That’s scary.
This is not what the post talks about, but going outside without a phone is getting harder and harder for practical reasons because more and more things depend on you having a phone.
For example, my university dorm used annoying proprietary NFC locks that can only be opened with a mobile app. If I don’t take my phone with me when going outside, I won’t be able to go home.
There’s an increasing number of things that just expect you to have access to a mobile phone at all times.
On #1, is this something you’ve seen people in the past find difficult? Even for 10 minutes? (Or found difficult to do yourself, at some point?)
If so, that would be a pretty huge update for me as regards screen addiction in general. I think of it as something subtle, gradually filling quiet moments throughout the day, until it seems there isn’t a spare moment that it doesn’t sink its algorithms into. But never anywhere close to the kind of intense, immediate dependence that would make a person feel uncomfortable or stressed if they had to go without for the duration of a short walk. That’s scary.
This is not what the post talks about, but going outside without a phone is getting harder and harder for practical reasons because more and more things depend on you having a phone.
For example, my university dorm used annoying proprietary NFC locks that can only be opened with a mobile app. If I don’t take my phone with me when going outside, I won’t be able to go home.
There’s an increasing number of things that just expect you to have access to a mobile phone at all times.