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Can You Survive Without a Smartphone?
I bought my first personal cellphone in 2006. In 2012, a radio consultant kept calling it my “dumbphone”.
I broke down and spent more of my monthly pay on the device
He implied I would be better off with a smartphone for work-related issues. I broke down and spent more of my monthly pay on the device.
On the rare mornings I leave the house without it, I’m bummed for hours. Funny, a technology I never had an interest in just a decade ago plays such a major part in my life. A recent medical paper maintained people forgetting or losing a cellphone experience something akin to the loss of a family member!
The writer and retired radio host, Garrison Keillor, is ruminating on the attachment. A pompous man who believes liberalism is a self-evident truth, Keillor is still one of the nation’s great storytellers. We may not always agree about politics except when it comes to telephones.
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