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Disconnect. Offline only

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Re: Disconnect. Offline only

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Post by lolsal »

khedoros1 wrote: post #162
lolsal wrote: post #159

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To say "I don't use a smartphone" in order to qualify how disconnected you choose to be is dishonest if what you really mean is, "I don't use a smartphone for [some really specific context]." or perhaps "I don't use a smartphone because I lack discipline regarding notifications/social apps/etc." Using maps/yelp/fandango/uber covers a majority of the functionality that a smartphone provides.

> Using maps/yelp/fandango/uber covers a majority of the functionality that a smartphone provides. What? That's a minority of my use. Saying that the comment is dishonest or disingenuous implies that you think there was an intent to deceive, and I don't think there was any such intention. I'd say that you're taking an unusually and unnecessarily rigid interpretation of what was said and possibly ascribing deception w…

> What? That's a minority of my use.

I said functionality, not usage.

If we're having a discussion and not caring about being imprecise or inaccurate then we should all just stop wasting our time on this discussion.

Cheers

Re: Disconnect. Offline only

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Post by na85 »

baxtr wrote: post #91
mck- wrote: post #85

Beauty. Almost a piece of art. I was on a plane yesterday (literally on airplane mode) and I finished a book I've been working on for a month, and prepped/wrote half of a presentation. Quite often I produce much of my writing on a plane. I find myself very productive on a plane. Especially on cheap flights that don't have in-flight entertainment. Literally no distractions for a preset amount of time. You're not only…

Agree 100%. Problem is though that many airline are starting to offer WiFi connectivity. I just hope that they've built shitty systems that won't work most of the time... :)

Don't fret; they have, and they don't

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Post by synicalx »

grecy wrote: post #181
synicalx wrote: post #173

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Africa has a wide selection of such places, but there is a fairly high chance any 'adventures' may be interrupted by child soldiers.

Funny you would say that, I am in West Africa right now. I have explored 15 countries in about as many months, never seen a single Child soldier. Please, please don't just parrot things out when you clearly don't know what you are talking about.

There are about (estimated) 300,000 child soldiers in the world at the moment and Africa is home to about 120,000 of them at the moment. So to imply there are a lot of child soldiers in Africa is not unreasonable.

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Post by gerbilly »

avz wrote: post #55
beat wrote: post #41

For those interested in managing online time and getting ourselves offline regularly, the book Deep Work , by Cal Newport, has some very useful ideas. One that I plan to start experimenting with is the idea of scheduled internet access - allow yourself to get online only at certain times of day. This isn't just for work. Even if you're, say, standing in line at the grocery store, you don't get to pull your phone out…

> As the author points out, we've forgotten how to be bored. We need to learn to engage that part of our brain again. This sounds like a contradiction. Isn't boredom precisely the state that results when one fails to engage their brain?

Boredom is the state of not being satisfied with any of the sources of reward currently available in your environment.
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