I Swapped My iPhone for an Apple Watch: Here's How It Remade My Awareness!
How an old Apple Watch 6 replaced my iPhone, boosted my creativity through note-taking, and led to something unexpected.
Intro
We are in 2024. It would be ridiculous to eliminate technology to live in an analog world. It would be like lighting a fire to cook by rubbing two flints instead of using an induction hob.
It is also true that the pervasive presence of technological devices poses a significant problem. We have much more information and automation than we need and can manage. So, using the induction plate instead of flints for cooking is fine, but employing an artificial intelligence-driven robot to cook a pan-fried egg is too much.
Smartphones are the most relevant 'too much' in our lives. Yes, we can do anything with smartphones, but most activities are like hamsters running on their wheels. We are a pure gear of advertising. This awareness led me to try an experiment.
Mobile phones—precursors of smartphones—were initially designed to make calls and send messages from anywhere. This was before they became advertising tools instead of pure communication tools. What if I switch from a smartphone to an (almost) advertising-free…
