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so recently i have been seeing more and more people doing "digital minimalism" videos, which is the principle of dividing all the functionalities of the modern smartphone into physical separate parts: a simple flip phone or dumb phone, digital camera, notebook, agenda, calculator, etc...
you would ask me why people would do this, well because they may have been burned out and overwhelmed by the fact that social media takes a huge place in our everyday lives, phones this days can do literally EVERYTHING, we have no privacy and are being used as a product, and that almost everything is online now. which i think is really great, and that means that more people are willing to step away from modern social media and/or tech, but i have been thinking about something
are those people really doing it because they want to, or just for the video? not saying that they are all faking it, of course. im just asking myself a question, is it becoming a trend? are they gonna stop after it's finished? maybe they are gonna have enough (which ill understand because its hard), or not.
i am not saying that a trend is inherently bad or harmful, id even prefer them to do this for the trend that not at all, if it motivates them then i am happy about it. by that i mean do they really put investment, passion and dedication into doing this?
sorry now i am gonna be a little out of the subject, but between those 2, i find some kind of correlation.
for example, recently i have seen a video titled "going back to the early 2000s for a week", i watched the video and got immediatly dissapointed when the guy doesnt even record the video with a camera from this decade, boy you already failed the concept, congrats. he barely talked about the technology he was presenting and just flew over them. not even talking about the fact that when he bought an old console, he didnt think about it needing a memory card. you'll ask me whats wrong with all this, he simply didnt know, or he does what he wants? well that shows that he didnt do any researches to really be into the concept. if he really wanted to live it, he'll dedicate his time to it. i dont wanna sound like a raging grandma i swear i am sorry lol but i hate half-assed essays.
are they playing on people's nostalgic/anemoic feelings? are they doing this to exclusively get numbers and views from it? of course i have found a few people that were really into it, i am not talking about them, and i am thanking them for all their researches, passion and dedication.
back to what i was talking about, i think that the concept of "digital minimalism" is great, but in terms of possession personally i wouldnt call it minimalism because, well it is the smartphone that is minimalist, because it has everything on it... i would rather call it "digital detox" even if it is already an used term. but psychologically speaking, yes, that would be minimalism.
and im even starting to think about this: what if we succeed to do a digital detox while keeping our smartphones as they are, with all their functionalities and social medias? i think that would be so fun to try, but hard. i havent seen anyone doing this, for now. i personally tried it but i failed really fast because phones nowadays are purely designed to make you addicted and keep you on it as long as they can... lol
anyways thats it i hope you loved my not very well organized blog... bye :3
(ofc if i have made any mistakes you can always correct me in the comments)
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Jo ⚧
It seems very hypocritical to me to vlog about wanting a digital detox... Detaching from general use of modern technology is such a great thing but not to do as a fad. I do hope for the eradication of cellular phones- as convenient as they are.
I doubt that there's a possibility for both digital minimisation and social media. As you've said it's built to stimulate its consumers. It's inevitable. Perhaps even the most self-disciplined falls trapped. I come from a biased view however, I'd say humanity would be better if we all just smashed it... and I say that as a person who always have that impulse lingering in my mind when I'm on a computer or phone.
well some people enjoy sharing some of their adventures, and most that say they are doing a digital detox, mean stepping away from social media, but i think its so much more than just that
im sharing the feeling about cellular phones needing to be eradicated, but i feel like this is impossible, because we have came so far into this technology, we cant back away - except if WE decide to do that on OUR own. and i think that they even dont need to be eradicated, just downgraded and less present in our everyday lives
but its so hard in a world where now, smartphones and social media are immediatly required to go through everyday. for example, a lot of kids and students can be alienated if they dont own a smartphone, or if they simply dont have modern social medias, to be fair its so devastating to witness
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Yeah, definitely. If we've gone back to just wired phones and flip phones, there would be a massive difference. I'd say it's important to evaluate the connotations of progress and how advancing doesn't necessarily mean anything good. Backing down from what we're constantly upgrading sounds unlikely but I do wish that we can strive to that future.
My main problem beside it being so ubiquitous and pushed is how constantly we depend on them. There's many good things about it like the GPS but then there's games, videos, everything in the world just in our pockets. That itself sounds (and is) so overwhelming. With mobile phones we've grown really hedonistic to the point we discard the importance of boredom.
I do agree that is doesn't necessarily need to be eradicated but reduced, ultimately. My ideal phone is just to call/text and navigate
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