 In this video I want to talk about a frequently asked question on this channel We're gonna talk about technology and oh no, we're gonna talk about the social and personal ramifications of using technology I don't want that. I'm a smooth brain Luke. I just want to consume product Okay, if you want to consume next technology product, there are a lot of other channels you could watch if you want that That's not what we do here. Okay, so I Want to talk I get asked all the time. I've been asked for like months years about this thing purisms Libram 5 phone Okay, if you don't know what this is it is a cell phone under development. I think they're prototypes I think that might be selling stuff already I don't really keep my you know fingers on the pulse because I don't care But there's a company called purism. They're developing a free software open hardware phone Okay, that's what they're supposed to do and I in some sense. I agree with what they're doing Okay, they're doing something very sensible. They're taking cell phones, which are a monitoring device Everything you do on your Android phone is basically pinged right to Google. They have root privileges on your phone You don't Same thing with you know Apple phones same concept so In some ethereal world I should be for this stuff and people want me to talk people want me to advertise the stuff basically I think that's what it boils down to. I don't know if the people I'm been getting emails from are actually from purism I don't know. I know that they fund other people on YouTube, but not me I I'm not the kind of person people if you're an advertiser you see my channel and you're like wow This guy's too hot to handle. I don't know if we can I don't know if given him any money is gonna do us any good And that's probably actually true, but why do I not care about the purism phone? Okay? I don't care fundamentally for me. This is how I look at it. I don't like proprietary cell phones I don't like them because they have proprietary cell phone or proprietary software But I'm more disliked them because they are cell phones. Okay. It's sort of like having a it it's I mean, you know, you could have a proprietary sync and You would ask me oh should I replace my proprietary sync with a free software sync and I'd say sure But I'd rather just have a normal sync that doesn't run hardware. That is my way of thinking of it because there are multiple reasons for this now you could take the the The side of oh well just not having softwares even harder to monitor and that is true I mean there can be vulnerabilities and free software, but that's not really what I care about what I really care about is Basically cell phones are not good for you. Okay, and I of course, I'm a long I've been using cell phone since I was a kid too. I don't know. I got my first cell phone at 16 or something And it's been man. It's now that I'm a literal 30 year old boomer. You can do the math So I've had cell phones for over a decade But of course there have been periods of my time where I've been addicted to that cell phone and now I'm at a point where I basically do not use a cell phone and I encourage people to Minimize or entirely cut out the usage of their cell phone as a good thing So it's not very appealing to me to have a free software friend Oh, let me talk about some of the reasons. I don't like cell phones Cell phones are an electronic brain that you use and you basically it changes your attention It changes the way you think about things and it's one of those things you can when you meet someone You can almost always tell how addicted to their phones. Are they? You know one thing I've said before that really unnerves me. This is how to tell if you're addicted to your phone Okay, if you cannot tolerate being bored Okay, if you sit yourself down in a room with nothing to do How long does it take for you to pull out your cell phone and start idly scrolling? How quickly if you're sitting with someone at a table and you're not talking how quickly do do you pull out your phone? Now my guess is most people even me most of my life I would pull out my phone, you know, if you're not talking or saying anything else you pull it out immediately because You get if you're a chronic cell phone user you get in the state where you always have this kind of superficial Consciousness where you're always looking for just instant not even gratification But stimulation in some minor way and the thing about cell phones is to give you exactly that they don't Cell phones contrary to their advocates ideas. They are not magical World knowledge machines or something like that. I know that everyone has this delusion that oh well I have access to the internet therefore, you know Computers or whatever. They're just phenomenally good. Think about think about how it actually changes the way you think You know it puts you in a place The social media feed that you scroll through on you know snapchat or fit I don't even know if snapchat works like that. Sorry boomer. I don't know but you know Facebook or Twitter or something like that Those kind of feeds are deliberately created because they're minor stimulation that you get as you scroll through them And you just sort of run with it. It feels good. It feels like you're getting something out of it It feels like you're learning something and then you waste, you know eight hours of your life if you're sitting up there You know trying to go to bed or something just doing nothing. Okay, so for me Cell phones are just generally a thing that are bad to people and you literally can Tell when you meet someone who is a cell phone user and who isn't or at least a chronic cell phone user now Do I have a cell phone? Yeah, it's right here. You know what I use my cell phone for? I use it to put on my soy stick right here and go out into the woods and make rants about how much I Hate technology. That's what I use my cell phone for. It's a vestigial organ from when I used to use the cell phone But I'm the kind of person I know that everyone gets so reliant on cell phones for everything They're like I need it to drive. I need it. What if there's an emergency? I need to be contacted You know where I keep my cell phone? I keep my cell phone in my house all the time I do not I don't even get reception at my house. So if you send a text message to me The next time I'll read it will be whenever I happen to take myself I'll accidentally put it in my pocket and take it out walking. Oops. I got a bunch of texts That's when I'll read them next and you know what? I've missed nothing when people know that you don't have a cell phone They realize very quickly. There are other ways to get in contact with you or even more importantly It helps you cut out the superficial relationships the super the little stimulation you get in your life that does not matter if someone if you have a Friend who's only gonna contact you on one social media thing. They're not really your friend They're just they've gotten in a habit of contacting you there You know really care that much about you people you care about you're gonna you're gonna get in touch with them You're gonna call them on your old Landline your old boomer phone. You're gonna email them. You're gonna do whatever. Okay, you're or oh, this is a really crazy one Go and knock on their door. I'm sorry. I'm a boomer. I actually do that. That's the literal cringe You can do that around here though. I will say that But one of the reasons you can't do it in big cities is because everyone is so real well Not just because you might get killed, but you know, we live in a time where if you go in public This is one of the craziest things and you know a lot of people will wonder why why isn't our society like the movies? I mean aside from the fact that the movies are fiction, but I mean if you go out in public It's abnormal nowadays to to talk to someone to ask them directions to ask them What's going on or to have a conversation with them because you don't need social stimulation in real life because you get this Superficial social stimulation from your phone. So you if you walk into a gas station You have no inclination to talk to any of the people there. Okay, if you You know, if you need directions in a town, you don't ask you just look at Google You just tell Google where you are and Google will tell you where to go. Okay, you don't have friends anymore You just have Google and that a lot of people will complain about society about oh how everyone's so alienated here Let me post about it on my phone or whatever Okay, just that that's what I'm trying to say is that if you ever feel like your life is unnatural, okay? Well, let me let's see it from your perspective. Okay, if you're a chronic cell phone user You see you can imagine all the things that not using a cell phone will make worse about your life Oh, I won't be able to contact this person more conveniently. I won't be able to do this that or the other Um That's fine You can see that but what you don't see is how not having a cell phone can change the way you think how it changes How you interact with people how it changes how you think you get time This is really crazy You get time to actually think about things in your head when you don't have a distraction like that You can actually dwell on things that's something that people cannot do anymore Because if they get even if they get something even approaching boredom, they'll open up their phone and just do whatever You know people ask me oh Luke How did you get good at this or how did you learn to do that and how did you do this in the thing when it comes down to it? When you actually have time to yourself Mentally those kind of things will happen naturally you do not need to the craziness of our society nowadays is that people They they think of really the cell phone as being their Interface with the world like give me a if I want to learn all language let's say I'll get an app I'll get what is it duo linguo or whatever. Oh, I'll get an app and that'll help me do it It doesn't work ever hurt anyone who learned a language from an application. I'm gonna guess no Okay, no one who no one can learn anything from a cell phone itself It's just a minor stimulation to give you some superficial exposure to something that you want okay now Of course cell phones can be useful. Yes. There are many people. I'm sure Whose lives have been saved by cell phones, you know They're in a disaster situation and they use a cell phone, but I want you to be real about your life. Okay be real Just try living without it. Just try going without it. Just try for a couple weeks You can start slow. You can you don't have to quit cell phones called turkey But just don't take it to school a day. Don't take it to work a day. See if that works. It's gonna work Try try going out on the town with your friends not having a cell phone. They'll still have cell phones It's not so much different. Just try going without them go with your other, you know encourage your other friends that you want I guarantee you Living it without this anvil in your pocket will make your life better. It'll make it more enjoyable. You will not You will not regret it and yes, there are conveniences to having a cell phone I'm not in denial of any of those things you will get you do get things nice out of having a cell phone But the rest of what your brain is not evolved to enjoy cell phones Your brain is invo- Let me start that over again. Your brain is not evolved to enjoy cell phones Your brain has evolved to enjoy life and you don't want to view life through a cell phone Okay, that's what I'm trying to say and I guarantee you once you take that step out and make the plunge You will it'll be a lot better. Just trust me on that one. Okay, so that's my video on the Libram 5 phone Don't expect another one or unless it I don't know maybe so that's what I have to say about cell phones I've said this stuff before frankly, but I just wanted to make it clear. That's it. See you guys next time