{"id":467,"date":"2021-02-10T09:10:20","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T08:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/10\/i-get-better-sleep-the-people-who-quit-social-media\/"},"modified":"2021-02-10T09:10:20","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T08:10:20","slug":"i-get-better-sleep-the-people-who-quit-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/10\/i-get-better-sleep-the-people-who-quit-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I get better sleep’: the people who quit social media"},"content":{"rendered":"

Soo Youn<\/strong> is considering giving up the apps. She speaks to those who have already taken the plunge \u2013 with liberating results<\/p>\n

My memory and recall are alarmingly good \u2013 borderline photographic. But when I used Instagram, I found it would short-circuit my recall in an alarming way. I\u2019d be describing something mid-sentence and I\u2019d just stop speaking, unable to finish. So I rarely use it.<\/p>\n

But my attention span \u2013 and my posture, eyes and sleep \u2013 are still being degraded by other technology and my dependence on it. In my pandemic life, technology is a lifeline \u2013 90% of my social and work life happens on one of four screens.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m flirting with the idea of giving up social media and maybe even … texts. I am fascinated by people like Justine Haupt, a quantum communications engineer who has never owned a smartphone. She also builds and sells rotary cellphones. Yes, rotary cellphones<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What would my life be like if getting in touch with people required me to communicate with purpose, memorize numbers again, and dial with my fingers, instead of, accidentally, my butt?<\/p>\n

For my sake \u2013 and yours \u2013 I sought inspiration from people who have already crossed into a more analog life.<\/p>\n

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\nSoo Youn is considering giving up the apps. She speaks to those who have already taken the plunge \u2013 with liberating results
\nMy memory and recall are alarmingly good \u2013 borderline photographic. But when I used Instagram, I found it would short-circuit my recall in an alarming way. I\u2019d be describing something mid-sentence and I\u2019d just stop speaking, unable to finish. So I rarely use it.But my attention span \u2013 and my posture, eyes and sleep \u2013 are still being degraded by other technology and my dependence on it. In my pandemic life, technology is a lifeline \u2013 90% of my social and work life happens on one of four screens.I\u2019m flirting with the idea of giving up social media and maybe even … texts. I am fascinated by people like Justine Haupt, a quantum communications engineer who has never owned a smartphone. She also builds and sells rotary cellphones. Yes, rotary cellphones.What would my life be like if getting in touch with people required me to communicate with purpose, memorize numbers again, and dial with my fingers, instead of, accidentally, my butt?For my sake \u2013 and yours \u2013 I sought inspiration from people who have already crossed into a more analog life. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Soo Youn is considering giving up the apps. She speaks to those who have already taken the plunge \u2013 with liberating results My memory and recall are alarmingly good \u2013 borderline photographic. But when I used Instagram, I found it would short-circuit my recall in an alarming way. I\u2019d be describing something mid-sentence and I\u2019d …<\/p>\n

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