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> I think I've called a service provider of any kind once in the last five years. It didn't actually get me anything that text comms would not have. It sounds
by hereforthecake2 3y ago
> I think I've called a service provider of any kind once in the last five years. It didn't actually get me anything that text comms would not have.
It sounds like what you are implying is that because you haven't experienced it in a 5 year period, someone who lives their entire life like this must not experience this as well? Even though you are presented with data saying otherwise?
- jsnell 3y agoNo, I'm implying nothing like that. The challenge the author set was to go without a phone for a "couple of weeks", not "for your entire life". For that to be a useful challenge and build empathy as is the goal, the people taking the challenge need to be put into a position where they must make a phone call at least once in those two weeks. Otherwise it does nothing at all. The author appears to be upgrading their internet connection, moving, and arranging financing for a house in their totally normal week. For them, it is a useful challenge. But for my phone use patterns it is utterly useless. I'd need to run the experiment for a decade. But thanks a lot for telling me that my lived experience is invalid and disproven by "data".