Maybe we need to start pulling things apart again?
We've been sold a dream where we can do everything through just one device. What if it turns out that this isn't so good for us after all? More thoughts, inspiration, fun and guidance inside
I’ve long thought that social media toxicity being delivered into our pockets and into our minds so easily is, on balance, not such a great thing for us as humans striving to get along with each other on this planet that we share. It sets up divisiveness, the perception of irreconcilable differences and fuels unnecessary disputes.
I’ve posted recently in this newsletter about how an increasing number of younger people are choosing to use ‘dumb’ phones - they text and they call and they have limited internet capability. Think about the opposite of your smartphone. And there’s also another recent trend where people are using old digital cameras instead of their phone’s camera - see the last newsletter. Partly this is about aesthetics, but also this is about taking a step back from the immediate urge to share on social media. I made a video about it.
It got me thinking about how the initial impulse of Steve Jobs to bring together the phone, the internet and the iPod to produce the all-singing, all-dancing iPhone has taken a darker turn. This has only been fuelled by the arrival of the App Store, providing so many more reasons to stay glued to our devices.
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