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Not so much the faraday aspect, but putting some significant friction in between myself and my phone, so that every time I go to impulse check it, I’m mindfully reminded that I’m doing it again.
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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…
You could recreate this using tech too. Make the UI for turning on airplane mode much easier than turning it off.
The practical method is to turn my phone off. It can be done as a ritual and it takes a while until it's available again. Bonus: It works everywhere.
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You could recreate this using tech too. Make the UI for turning on airplane mode much easier than turning it off.
That could be a little questionable as far as safety is concerned since you want to be able to call 911 quickly.
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)
Wow. The rose colored glasses here are pretty ridiculous. “All you could do is be in the moment”, by reading a book, watching a movie, or doing literally anything other than focusing on the actual moment of being stuck inside a cramped metal tube. Air travel is one of the least mindful activities we engage in, and has been for decades. Finding nostalgia here is just bizarre. No one who actually flies in a passenger jet is nostalgic for the experience.
I’ve been thinking about getting a signal-proof box for the purpose of keeping my phone and my car keys, which are apparently now susceptible to car thieves with remote amplifiers. I’d be curious to know what material at what thickness would serve this purpose.
> “The idea is to think about that moment back in the day when we would get on a flight and just read, watch movies or talk to the person next to you,” Morenstein says. “There was a time when you were disconnected and all you could do is be in the moment.” Wow. The rose colored glasses here are pretty ridiculous. “All you could do is be in the moment”, by reading a book, watching a movie, or doing literally anything…
Now it's all earbuds. So I nap :/
> “The idea is to think about that moment back in the day when we would get on a flight and just read, watch movies or talk to the person next to you,” Morenstein says. “There was a time when you were disconnected and all you could do is be in the moment.” Wow. The rose colored glasses here are pretty ridiculous. “All you could do is be in the moment”, by reading a book, watching a movie, or doing literally anything…
Don't say no one. I am. I used to enjoy meeting people while traveling, learning where they are going where they came from. The anonymity of it all somehow shut off the normal anxiety and panic I get from have to converse with others. Now it's all earbuds. So I nap :/
It probably is more prevalent now but it was present decades ago. And being “disconnected” (aka bored) has sucked since air travel became a commodity instead of an experience.
A Faraday cage could do the same thing