Going offline is fun. Living offline was not – just ask a child of the 90s | Emma Beddington
The neo-luddites are fighting the good fight. But my life before smartphones felt lonelier and more dangerousWelcome to the Summer of Ludd. That’s the name of an anti-smartphone festival recently held in New York. It was slightly under the radar for obvious reasons – there was no Instagram, TikTok or website; advertisements were on “wheatpasted monochrome posters”. Those attending followed the rules: “Be present, and absolutely no phones, recording, or photos allowed.”That’s perhaps why, the Economist reported, “crowds were small”…
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