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Sometimes I think about how wild it must have been that there was a time when people simply didn’t have smartphones. Just people going out into the world not kn

Sometimes I think about how wild it must have been that there was a time when people simply didn’t have smartphones. Just people going out into the world not knowing anything except what they carry in their brain and what is immediately around them.

kayodelycaon 2y ago
I’m not even 40 and I remember growing up without internet access, much less a cell phone. I had to walk to a library to use their computers.
- selykg 2y ago
  Yup, I miss those days. I had computers from an early age, but being connected all the time has had a negative impact on me personally. I've started really paying attention and doing the "Digital Declutter" that Cal Newport talks about in his book Digital Minimalism. I have very very few notifications pop up on my phone now and I'm experimenting more with leaving it at home when I go somewhere. Trying to add a bigger disconnection between me and my phone.
mentos 2y ago
Thanks Steve
kelseyfrog 2y ago
There was certainly a lot more conversations/debate around verifiable, but inaccessible, knowledge. You would ask a friend or family member something like, "what's the second longest river," and have a discussion about it if no one knew for certain or of two people had differing opinions. Now we simply look it up which means we don't have those conversations. I feel that on a whole it's made us less comfortable with situations where one person thinks A and another thinks B that's spilled from verifiable knowledge to scenarios where personal opinions differ. Probably something something culture wars. It also meant that if you told someone you were meeting them at a certain place and time that not showing up was a huge waste of their time and a larger social no-no. Nowadays people cancel at the last moment because you can be sure your message will be received.
- deadbabe 2y ago
  I feel like this is exactly the same feeling when you ask a question on the internet somewhere and people just tell you to go google it. Like okay sorry I even fuckin asked!!
thefz 2y ago
> Just people going out into the world not knowing anything except what they carry in their brain and what is immediately around them. Ever seen a kid or young teenager interacting with a phone? It's not that they spend the day on Wikipedia searching for infinite knowledge, rather they mechanically swipe the next tiktok video or do the same on youtube. That thing is like a slug attached to your brain, draining all attention.

kayodelycaon 2y ago

I’m not even 40 and I remember growing up without internet access, much less a cell phone. I had to walk to a library to use their computers.

selykg 2y ago
Yup, I miss those days. I had computers from an early age, but being connected all the time has had a negative impact on me personally. I've started really paying attention and doing the "Digital Declutter" that Cal Newport talks about in his book Digital Minimalism. I have very very few notifications pop up on my phone now and I'm experimenting more with leaving it at home when I go somewhere. Trying to add a bigger disconnection between me and my phone.

mentos 2y ago

Thanks Steve

kelseyfrog 2y ago

There was certainly a lot more conversations/debate around verifiable, but inaccessible, knowledge. You would ask a friend or family member something like, "what's the second longest river," and have a discussion about it if no one knew for certain or of two people had differing opinions. Now we simply look it up which means we don't have those conversations. I feel that on a whole it's made us less comfortable with situations where one person thinks A and another thinks B that's spilled from verifiable knowledge to scenarios where personal opinions differ. Probably something something culture wars. It also meant that if you told someone you were meeting them at a certain place and time that not showing up was a huge waste of their time and a larger social no-no. Nowadays people cancel at the last moment because you can be sure your message will be received.

deadbabe 2y ago
I feel like this is exactly the same feeling when you ask a question on the internet somewhere and people just tell you to go google it. Like okay sorry I even fuckin asked!!

thefz 2y ago

> Just people going out into the world not knowing anything except what they carry in their brain and what is immediately around them. Ever seen a kid or young teenager interacting with a phone? It's not that they spend the day on Wikipedia searching for infinite knowledge, rather they mechanically swipe the next tiktok video or do the same on youtube. That thing is like a slug attached to your brain, draining all attention.