Such an interesting article. I went to see Frans Hals at the National Gallery, London recently and it was really noticeable that there were fewer phones out, up and clicking away than is standard nowadays. It was nice to be free of the perils of phone usage in galleries for a change, (not used as an unofficial tripod and not having phones stuck in my face or by my head!) Refreshing.
I'd like to see the introduction of phone free timeslots where people knowingly book in to not using phones, gadgets etc. It's not just phone usage, but what is it all for? What are we all going to do with our streams of photos, video etc. ultimately? I get the idea of a memory or souvenir or an object to share with others; however we're all collecting so much data to what purpose?
Good idea about gadget-free slots. I wonder if these would be popular with people who are put off going to blockbusters. And good point about tall the data collected. I'm guilty of taking snaps and then never looking at them again!
In this second context, certain spaces being specifically phone-free is actually helping people get to where they want to be by forcing them to break habits that would otherwise remain unaddressed.
There's maybe then a whole conversation to be had about nanny-ism...
Anyway, these thoughts are all fairly half formed. It's a good conversation to be having
These are really interesting points. I also wonder whether we are really just in the infancy of carrying such tech and that phone use could either start to decline/have a correction, or another piece of less visible/cumbersome tech takes over?
Such an interesting article. I went to see Frans Hals at the National Gallery, London recently and it was really noticeable that there were fewer phones out, up and clicking away than is standard nowadays. It was nice to be free of the perils of phone usage in galleries for a change, (not used as an unofficial tripod and not having phones stuck in my face or by my head!) Refreshing.
I'd like to see the introduction of phone free timeslots where people knowingly book in to not using phones, gadgets etc. It's not just phone usage, but what is it all for? What are we all going to do with our streams of photos, video etc. ultimately? I get the idea of a memory or souvenir or an object to share with others; however we're all collecting so much data to what purpose?
Good idea about gadget-free slots. I wonder if these would be popular with people who are put off going to blockbusters. And good point about tall the data collected. I'm guilty of taking snaps and then never looking at them again!
On phones, I could easily be argued either way. Half of me thinks, that phones are an unavoidable part of modern life.
But also, they're shit, annoying, and maybe as an artefact of consumerism that were specifically designed for addiction people don't actually want to spend as much time on them as they do (increasingly, research would support this view https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/qdufq401x0/Internal_PhoneUsage_230327.pdf and https://swnsdigital.com/us/2021/08/over-60-of-people-want-to-spend-more-time-doing-non-technology-activities-at-the-end-of-the-day/).
In this second context, certain spaces being specifically phone-free is actually helping people get to where they want to be by forcing them to break habits that would otherwise remain unaddressed.
There's maybe then a whole conversation to be had about nanny-ism...
Anyway, these thoughts are all fairly half formed. It's a good conversation to be having
These are really interesting points. I also wonder whether we are really just in the infancy of carrying such tech and that phone use could either start to decline/have a correction, or another piece of less visible/cumbersome tech takes over?