A professor teaching small seminars noticed something surprising: when students were asked to put their phones away, many showed real distress.
What looked like distraction started to resemble addiction.
In our conversation with Randolph R. Lewis, we explore how technology, politics, and culture are reshaping society.
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Millennials are growing concerned about their Boomer parents being glued to their phones
6. Self-care as a friendly invitation to consider myself important? My inner slacker is already rolling its eyes.
But maybe that’s the trick for less smartphone time: not being stricter, but kinder to myself. Charging my batteries instead of running on autopilot.
Time to get off the “ego trip” that others are always more important than me.
#DigitalDetox #Minimalism #Mindfulness #SelfLeadership #PhoneAddiction #SelfCare
5. The Kantian question: What is a human?
Today, I was more dog than human. Instead of chasing dopamine clicks on my phone, I had sun on my face and grass under my feet. My dog just rolls in the moment—while I? I’m learning from her that real life doesn’t happen on a screen.
To the question “What is a human?” I definitely don’t want to answer: a digitally living junkie.
#DigitalDetox #Minimalism #Mindfulness #SelfLeadership #PhoneAddiction #DigitalWellbeing
Sometimes I wonder when I turned from the kid staring at slot machine junkies in smoky bars into my own smartphone zombie.
My minimalism device is now my endless jackpot—and I’m the player who can’t stop.
My analog fingers lead me into digital addiction. We think we live digitally, but dopamine is still released the analog way.
#DigitalDetox #Minimalism #Mindfulness #SelfLeadership #PhoneAddiction #SmartphoneZombies
Neurologist reveals 3 simple tricks people can do right now to break nearly any bad habit
Six Easy Steps to Get Us Addicted To Our Phones
I Killed Color on My #Phone. The Result Shocked Me.
“…when I spied an article about the benefits of switching one’s phone to a black-and-white color scheme, I figured I’d give it a whirl.
“The result was shocking. The moment I switched, I no longer felt an urgent need to look at my #iPhone — an urge that I hadn’t known was so strong until it was gone. I experienced a full- bodied sense of relief when the colors faded to gray.”
#PhoneAddiction
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/opinion/smartphone-color-grayscale-addiction.html?unlocked_article_code=1._U8.fRLQ.vPqF4KA-8ksR&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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