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Time To Tell The Truth

How much longer will we prioritize a Wild West notion of freedom over protecting children and teens? The truth is, like cigarettes and alcohol, these devices are incompatible with healthy…

Public Enemy #1?: Smartphones and a Generation at Risk

Haidt’s book is a tour de force. I can give it no higher praise than to say I wish we could put this book in the hands of every parent,…

How to Buy a Dumb Phone (and How Not to Use It): A Reflection on FPR 2023

I did some research with the help of a “dumb phone finder” which told me the functions, network compatibilities, and reviews of the available flip phones and other simplicity-oriented devices.…

Why I Wish I Didn’t Have a Smartphone and Computer (But Probably Won’t Give Them Up)

We can agree that many technological “advances” have objectively done more harm than good, in terms of the human condition as well as the Earth, and that we face a…
December 12, 2022

Nonsense on Stilts? Dandyism? Okay.

If I were God, I’d keep other company.
Jason Peters
March 15, 2017

What the Smartphone is Good For (Besides Nothing)

The invaluable works of our elder writers, I had almost said the works of Shakespeare and Milton, are driven into neglect.
Jason Peters
March 8, 2017

How I Ended my 6-Year Relationship with my Blackberry

Going to the gym? Call a friend. Running an errand? Send a text. Eating something interesting? Take a picture and show the world on Facebook.