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It looks like I may be alone in thinking that some variant of this would be welcome in my life. 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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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 l…
"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..."
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.
Just some useless musings.
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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) EDIT: now it returns back to flight mode after emergency/fire services/police ca…