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  -title: "Phoneless"
  -url: "/phoneless"
  -aliases: ["/phoneless-m48kmx3778k"]
  -description: "On living a life without a smart phone in the modern society"
  -date: 2015-09-27
  -draft: false
  -acknowledgement: 
  -tags: ["phones", "consumerism", "anxiety"]
  -people: ["Alain de Bottom"]
  -places: []
  -locations: ["St. Louis, USA"]
  ----
  -
  -= Phoneless
  -Anton Podviaznikov <anton@podviaznikov.com>
  -:revdate: 2017-12-28
  -:docdate: 2017-12-28
  -:nofooter:
  -:document_type: writing
  -:tags: "phones, consumerism, anxiety"
  -
  +---
  +title: "Phoneless"
  +url: "/phoneless"
  +aliases: ["/phoneless-m48kmx3778k"]
  +description: "On living a life without a smart phone in the modern society"
  +date: 2015-09-27
  +draft: false
  +acknowledgement: 
  +tags: ["phones", "consumerism", "anxiety"]
  +people: ["Alain de Bottom"]
  +places: []
  +locations: ["St. Louis, USA"]
  +---
  +
  += Phoneless
  +Anton Podviaznikov <anton@podviaznikov.com>
  +:revdate: 2018-10-01
  +:docdate: 2017-12-28
  +:nofooter:
  +:document_type: writing
  +:tags: "phones, consumerism, anxiety"
  +
   I often get asked why I don't have a smartphone. 
   Interestingly, it's not that easy to answer this question in one sentence. 
   There are multiple reasons, and they change over time. 
  
positive.code: I do feel that our generation is probably the most consumerist of all of them. 
  It became too easy to consume news, shows, movies, music videos, stuck in different forums, chats, etc. 
  We often made fun of our parents who constantly consume TV with stupid shows and one-sided news. 
  But I think newer generations are worst in this respect. Everyone is connected to the Internet 24 hours every day. 
  Nowadays consumption happens not only during newspapers reads and evening news shows, 
  but it also happens every 10 minutes when we refresh our Facebook/Twitter feeds, check our instagrams and snapchats. 
  I think that consumption is the biggest enemy of production and creativity. 
  It's like a path of the least resistance. 
  It's very tempting to consume something, and it's much harder to create. 
  
negative.code: 
  I also think that having 24-hours access to the Internet raises our anxiety levels. 
  Our parents watch this depressing local and international news and worry a lot about things they cannot influence. 
  We however are also worried about news. 
  But those are news about our Facebook friends and some events that are happening now. 
  And we have strong fears and anxieties to miss these events. 
  The problem is that we not worried to miss something once per week or per day, but every 10 minutes. 
  