This is so fun! Very much a return to the past. I do leave my phone in a drawer all day while I work because I want to be connected to my life. But there are still parts of it I want to keep (like being able to send you this comment about your work!). I wonder if there is a middle ground?
Certainly a middle ground. I don't use my phone for much beyond texting but I use my laptop and desktop A LOT. Since finding SubStack I read much more on screen than I used to. I still prefer physical books but so much great writing (and video and podcasts) is online it seems a shame to disconnect completely. As well unfeasible in the current zeitgeist.
Thanks for the prompt. The stories shared here have been fun reads and well varied in style.
I present my own experiment with the prompt, a slice-of-life view of a tech-less world:
https://reddoscarwrites.substack.com/p/technology-as-historical-oddity
This is so fun! Very much a return to the past. I do leave my phone in a drawer all day while I work because I want to be connected to my life. But there are still parts of it I want to keep (like being able to send you this comment about your work!). I wonder if there is a middle ground?
Certainly a middle ground. I don't use my phone for much beyond texting but I use my laptop and desktop A LOT. Since finding SubStack I read much more on screen than I used to. I still prefer physical books but so much great writing (and video and podcasts) is online it seems a shame to disconnect completely. As well unfeasible in the current zeitgeist.
Absolutely!!! But your post really got me thinking about that so thank you!