Great summary of his experience. While travelling I met several people who went to meditation retreats and they seemed to all have the insight of stopping to c

Great summary of his experience. While travelling I met several people who went to meditation retreats and they seemed to all have the insight of stopping to check their phone so often, or even stop having a smartphone. Also, because of that it's unlikely many of them read Hacker News or Medium so there is a selection biais as to who is talking about those meditation retreats.