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No, I don't think youre picking on me at all. It's definitely possible to go without those things. No one needs to use Uber or Tinder. But I guess it feels lik

• nonrandomstring 5y ago
  It could be age and lifestyle differences - I'm a 50+ father, big town (small city) from England, I have an image of you in mind as a somewhat younger city dweller Gunax. But regardless such differences, I've a theory that what social media has done online, causing polarisation or rather partition into silos, smartphones (and the app service culture of some businesses) are doing to us in reality. After making a conscious effort to rid myself of smartphones (or rather not get sucked into dependency) 10 years ago, the rest fell into place. What I mean is, cause and effect wise, to some extent things like my choice of restaurants to the company I keep, and working habits, might just be determined by my horizons as a non-user. Similarly perhaps for you, the world you see is determined by the lens (a 6 inch square) you look through, and the more you stay there the more it feels like "life would be harder without a phone". Factoring out any value judgements, in this way technology is polarising society. respects