On: It’s time to bring back the dumb phone

[costcopizza]

I know I'm not alone here in occasionally considering going back to a non-smartphone.

But then I think...

What if I notice a wild looking tree on a routine walk and would like a picture? Now I have to carry a camera with me.

I get an urge to listen to a podcast about the history of the Korean War, or how the Federal Reserve works. Now I need an iPod too.

In the sake of being minimal and less distracted, I have to carry around additional devices, even if its for activities that aren't necessarily mindless and attention robbing.

[tobltobs → costcopizza]

> ... and would like a picture ... get an urge to listen to a podcast about the history ... In the sake of being minimal and less distracted.

That sound like you are distracted pretty often.

[aleksei → costcopizza]

I think the point is not being a slave to your impulses in general, and not just to the mindless ones.