Your phone is a Cheesecake Factory menu. Nineteen laminated pages. You came for pasta. You leave an hour later with a headache, a stomachache, and a doggy bag full of fried avocado egg rolls you never wanted. That’s every device you own now.
Bravo! Now if we can get screens taken off every treadmill at a gym and every gas pump. I still read paper books but I do have a Kindle for trips. I had to pay extra for an ad-free opening page. Glad to do it. Advertising is choking me. Fortunately I get the lowest tech of everything. I can’t stand the bells and whistles. I welcome the new unbundled technology like a soft warm blanket.
Very thoughtful Tom. I bought a garmin once to track my steps and then it gave me my heart rate and my sleep stats and my pulse and other health measurements . After 2 weeks I felt very neurotic and self obsessed so I sent it back . I said to myself : I know how I am feeling and I do not need this device to tell me how I am feeling . Very happy I do not have anything but my iPhone which is enough of an addiction 😱
While I agree with this idea in some ways I am not replacing my smart phone with a GPS device, a camera, a portable computer, a CD/tape/record player, etc.
I actually own a watch that will show me an analog clock with the correct time when I have remembered to wind it. Full stop. I also own a clock that sits on a bedside table that needs to be wound. It has an alarm that consists of 2 bells on the top of it. My refrigerator and freezer merely keep things cold. I wish I still had a plain old radio. So, yes. You are absolutely correct in my view. Thank you for the smile still on my face.
I had to restack this paragraph:
Your phone is a Cheesecake Factory menu. Nineteen laminated pages. You came for pasta. You leave an hour later with a headache, a stomachache, and a doggy bag full of fried avocado egg rolls you never wanted. That’s every device you own now.
Thank you!
Bravo! Now if we can get screens taken off every treadmill at a gym and every gas pump. I still read paper books but I do have a Kindle for trips. I had to pay extra for an ad-free opening page. Glad to do it. Advertising is choking me. Fortunately I get the lowest tech of everything. I can’t stand the bells and whistles. I welcome the new unbundled technology like a soft warm blanket.
I had to chuckle at including the clock-radio ( a 2-function device) in an article advocating for 1-function devices.
You got me there!
Very thoughtful Tom. I bought a garmin once to track my steps and then it gave me my heart rate and my sleep stats and my pulse and other health measurements . After 2 weeks I felt very neurotic and self obsessed so I sent it back . I said to myself : I know how I am feeling and I do not need this device to tell me how I am feeling . Very happy I do not have anything but my iPhone which is enough of an addiction 😱
Regarding the iPhone, I am sadly right there with you. Paradoxically, our greatest gifts often come with their own heavy curses.
Hey, Tom: Really enjoy your perspective and your writing. Another interesting read. Thanks.
Thank you!
While I agree with this idea in some ways I am not replacing my smart phone with a GPS device, a camera, a portable computer, a CD/tape/record player, etc.
Very fair. Everything in moderation (including moderation!).
I actually own a watch that will show me an analog clock with the correct time when I have remembered to wind it. Full stop. I also own a clock that sits on a bedside table that needs to be wound. It has an alarm that consists of 2 bells on the top of it. My refrigerator and freezer merely keep things cold. I wish I still had a plain old radio. So, yes. You are absolutely correct in my view. Thank you for the smile still on my face.
Yet. We read this. Im fine.