I think the movie was Phone Booth that begins with the line "A ringing phone demands to be answered" Technology projects a form of authority (disconnected fro

I think the movie was Phone Booth that begins with the line "A ringing phone demands to be answered" Technology projects a form of authority (disconnected from any real power) in the same way that written words were synonymous to truth for illiterate 13th century peasants. To follow your logic, which I am not criticising as it's a valid approach given how dysfunctional cellphones are as trustable systems, I would say it's better not to have a phone. But there's the road to living in a woodland shack and eating spider and squirrel broth.