Design and Architecture
Can you design your way out of smartphone addiction?
Your smartphone is addictive. Do you need to “Marie Kondo” your apps, put down the phone altogether, or use it as a “drug” dispensary?
By Frances Anderton • • 28m ListenYour smartphone is addictive. Do you need to “Marie Kondo” your apps, put down the phone altogether, or use it as a “drug” dispensary? DnA takes a tour of hidden LA bars that ban phones, talks with a computer scientist who recommends “digital minimalism,” and meets an app entrepreneur who wants to relieve anxiety with “digital drugs.”
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3 storiesSpeakeasies where the prohibition is on phones
The average American spends around three and a half hours on their phone. We use it at home, at the gym, in restaurants, while walking; everywhere in public and private spaces people are glued to their cellphones.
Read the story12 minPurge your phone: the case for digital minimalism
Some people are trying to dial back on their phone habit by visiting private clubs with no-phone policies.
Read the story8 minA new app delivers mood-boosting “digital drugs”
Some people are trying "digital minimalism” as a means to wean themselves off of smartphone addiction.
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