I've never owned a smart phone, for fear of becoming addicted to it. It seems that was a well founded notion. The two things I think they are useful for are Google Maps (for the Traffic, I know where I'm going), and getting phone numbers to place carry out orders.
I don't constantly check email, I don't have a stream of interruptions when I'm away from the computer. Now all I have is the almost daily non-disable-able "amber alerts" that jar me out of my life, and the occasional junk call.
When I do consume sites, I try very hard to avoid letting their algorithm decide what I see. With Facebook, for example you can append ?sk=h_chr to the site name, and it will show you thinks in reverse chronological order. I use subscriptions on Youtube, and only use "Home" when I'm bored and want to veg. I curate my sources as best I can.
I don't constantly check email, I don't have a stream of interruptions when I'm away from the computer. Now all I have is the almost daily non-disable-able "amber alerts" that jar me out of my life, and the occasional junk call.
When I do consume sites, I try very hard to avoid letting their algorithm decide what I see. With Facebook, for example you can append ?sk=h_chr to the site name, and it will show you thinks in reverse chronological order. I use subscriptions on Youtube, and only use "Home" when I'm bored and want to veg. I curate my sources as best I can.