Thursday, 29 June 2017

We're starting to reclaim the spaces the iPhone conquered

I like to play a game on the subway where I look around and try to find someone not on their phone. I like seeing a person reading a book, or, in an ultimate win, someone staring into space without headphones. It’s a rare find.

These check-ins remind me that we, as a society, rely on our phones to distract and entertain us. Yet still, even as a hyper-aware person, I can’t even force myself to get off my own iPhone while riding the train. I try, but always think of something I have to do immediately: reply to an email, respond to my friend’s text, double-check a date in my calendar, read an article, adjust my music. Apparently everyone has something to do, too. In the 10 years since the iPhone debuted, it’s slowly eaten our personal...

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from
https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/29/15886630/apple-iphone-10th-anniversary-personal-spaces-digital-detox

from
http://ifeeltechinc.blogspot.com/2017/06/were-starting-to-reclaim-spaces-iphone.html

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