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It’s crazy how the authour keeps shutting on the phone, being like “wow we’ve learned so much since then”, but physical keyboards were the fucking best.
Touchscreen keyboards are super error prone and you need to physically look at it as you type. It used to be the case that you could write and send messages without needing to look at your phone at all. Under your desk while you kept eye contact and a verbal discussion with your teacher and they wouldn’t even know.
You’re assuming the bulk of the interaction with your phone is producing content instead of consuming.
That’s an interesting perspective that I hadn’t considered.
I’m not big on doomscrolling, I don’t have Facebook or Instagram or Twitter… I MOSTLY use my phone for activities that involve dialogue. I’d never really considered that this maybe isn’t representative of broader behaviour.
Has this always been the case? Did the phone changes meet existing behaviour, or drive people to a fundamentally different behaviour?
Idk I can still type without looking at it as long as I take a quick glance when I first start typing. But it is easier with a physical keyboard for sure.
