"From opening the heavy lid to placing your phone in the cradle, each analog movement becomes an intentional affirmation of the digital sacrifice you are about to make. To complete the gesture, close the box and encapsulate the device."
You can't just turn your phone off or get a dumb phone, you need a ritualized sarcophagus to bolster your decaying willpower.
Heh. While it’s a bit silly in this case, your argument isn’t very solid.
Your ability to resist doing something you’re tempted to do is directly related to how easy it is to do. Try living with a bowl of M&M’s on your beside table, and see how easy it is to hold a diet compared to never buying the M&M’s in the first place.
So while putting your phone in a concrete box is a bit extreme, turning it off and putting it in a drawer is more likely to help you succeed in not checking it than just toggling a software button.
import phone_util
import dialer
emergency_numbers={"101","110","111","112","155","555","888","911","999"}
if number is in emergency_numbers:
phone_util.flight_mode(False)
await dialer.dial(number)
phone_util.flight_mode(True)
else: phone_util.gui_alert.touch_modal("No network available",WITH_OK:True,MODUS:phone_util.UIprimitives.WARNING)
EDIT: now it returns back to flight mode after emergency/fire services/police call
Maybe you want to turn on airplane mode and put it in "airplane mode" for double-meassure security. Maybe you want a Faraday cage made with the finest craftmenship. Maybe you just want to ignore work and tell your boss that it wasn't possible because your phone had no signal and it wasn't your fault it had no signal (in case your employer keeps track of that sort of thing.)
Please avoid commenting without first reading the article.
> If we want a break, why not turn off our phones?
> “Does anyone do that?” Morenstein asks.
> What about tossing our phones into a shoe box?
> “Maybe it’s too easy an answer,” Cronan suggests. “This approach was
> about having a certain presence.”
> In fact, Cronan and Morenstein set out to add a ceremonial aspect to
> disconnecting. From opening the heavy lid to placing your phone in the
> cradle, each analog movement becomes an intentional affirmation of the
> digital sacrifice you are about to make. To complete the gesture, close
> the box and encapsulate the device.
I do. And I find myself doing it more and more often...
also - I'm missing more and more having control over when I'm available and when I'm not - 'always online' seemed great but in recent months I noticed that its a actually hellish experience if you want to get things done and you somewhat rely on your phone - you can't just disable chats so you could either disable Internet altogether (but you may need it) or sounds / vibrations (but you may rely on notifications from other applications)
"You can't just turn your phone off or get a dumb phone, you need a ritualized sarcophagus to bolster your decaying willpower." still stands 100% true though.
The fact they accord so much importance to a tool is beyond moronic.
"Ooh I can't stop using my new Shamwow ! I'm so addicted to it I need to lock it in a concrete box at night because I could simply never let it down..."
> The fact they accord so much importance to a tool is beyond moronic.
There's definitely a part of me that thinks this product may be some sort of Thomasson's HyperArt Product / Thought Experiment-type thing. And I'm only calling it that because I'm not sure if there is a better term for a product that is created simply to see how many people will purchase a [mostly] useless, overpriced, redundant product [accessory])?
And a semi-aside: Maybe it was just a[n] (sort of) experiment on Kanye's (or his team's) part to sell $120.00 plain white t-shirts to see how many fans would buy them as if they were a premium product. The "Airplane Mode: Concrete Box" seems more along the lines of Kanye's $120.00 T-Shirt than any of Thomasson's HyperArt Product-type installations / things.
