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As someone who lived to adulthood before cellphones existed, this behaviour is incomprehensible. My phone is my agency. I use it to access information, and to
by pnut 3y ago
As someone who lived to adulthood before cellphones existed, this behaviour is incomprehensible.
My phone is my agency. I use it to access information, and to communicate.
Why on earth would you subject yourself and everyone you know to arbitrary limitations like that?
My mind is plenty free and I use the tool when the circumstances warrant, and not as a mental fidget spinner.
- jeremy_wiebe 3y agoGood for you. The problem is that today’s smartphone is essentially built to be an extremely addictive fidget spinner. Those who don’t succumb to that are the exception, not the rule. And before you say that it’s the apps you choose to install, not the phone that’s the problem, I’d say that’s a distinction without a difference.
- inkcapmushroom 3y agoI used to feel this way too. Now, for whatever reasons, I am helplessly addicted to the phone. Maybe I'm more depressed recently, maybe it's become more addicting, maybe I finally found the combo of apps which really hit the button in my brain that makes me constantly check it. But it's no longer just a tool for me, and I contemplate replacing it with a dumb phone constantly.
- ianburrell 3y agoI guess I don't consider the phone addictive since I use iPad or computer at home. It is Reddit or Youtube that are addictive. Also, it is possible to make phone into useful tool. I make audible/vibrate notifications for important things so don't need to check phone constantly. Put the phone down and only use it when you need it. Try moving content consumption to another device. Try limiting addictive things to certain circumstances. If that doesn't work, consider deleting the addictive apps and turning the phone into a tool. Smartphone without addiction is more useful than a dumb phone.
- darkerside 3y agoYeah the cigarettes aren't addictive, it's the nicotine
- RandallBrown 3y ago> My mind is plenty free and I use the tool when the circumstances warrant, and not as a mental fidget spinner. Me too (mostly), but I don't think everyone has that much willpower.
- bovermyer 3y agoI lived to adulthood before cellphones were common. My phone is a nice-to-have. Its primary use is navigation and photography. I could survive fine without it. Why on earth would you subject yourself and everyone you know to arbitrary "agency" like that?