David Pierce

screen-free stuff.

I think your point about the internet being a place, I think is exactly the right one. Like, I think you and I are about the same age. Do you remember having like a computer room growing up? Like, was there a place in your house where the computer was? I think about the computer room

I think your point about the internet being a place, I think is exactly the right one. Like, I think you and I are about the same age. Do you remember having like a computer room growing up? Like, was there a place in your house where the computer was? I think about the computer room

I think your point about the internet being a place, I think is exactly the right one. Like, I think you and I are about the same age. Do you remember having like a computer room growing up? Like, was there a place in your house where the computer was? I think about the computer room

I'm assuming you had a computer room. Oh, we definitely had a computer room. It was also, it was the den where the couch and the TV were because my parents were very deliberate about that. basically making sure that you couldn't use the computer in private. Which, you know, fair. I was a 12-year-old boy who had just discovered how the internet worked.

I'm assuming you had a computer room. Oh, we definitely had a computer room. It was also, it was the den where the couch and the TV were because my parents were very deliberate about that. basically making sure that you couldn't use the computer in private. Which, you know, fair. I was a 12-year-old boy who had just discovered how the internet worked.

I'm assuming you had a computer room. Oh, we definitely had a computer room. It was also, it was the den where the couch and the TV were because my parents were very deliberate about that. basically making sure that you couldn't use the computer in private. Which, you know, fair. I was a 12-year-old boy who had just discovered how the internet worked.

Like, I wouldn't trust me on the internet either. And it was like, it was the family computer, right? And everybody had the stuff that they did. We all had to sort of fight for time. And there was like a schedule of who could use the computer and when. And it was a place. And I think people of a certain age have a real... fondness for that thing because it became a thing you did on purpose, right?

Like, I wouldn't trust me on the internet either. And it was like, it was the family computer, right? And everybody had the stuff that they did. We all had to sort of fight for time. And there was like a schedule of who could use the computer and when. And it was a place. And I think people of a certain age have a real... fondness for that thing because it became a thing you did on purpose, right?

Like, I wouldn't trust me on the internet either. And it was like, it was the family computer, right? And everybody had the stuff that they did. We all had to sort of fight for time. And there was like a schedule of who could use the computer and when. And it was a place. And I think people of a certain age have a real... fondness for that thing because it became a thing you did on purpose, right?

And that to me is the thing that has changed and the thing that I have spent a lot of time trying to get back. It's like, how do I make my phone, social media, Reddit, like whatever, how do I make technology a thing that I do on purpose and not just a thing that is kind of happening to me all the time.

And that to me is the thing that has changed and the thing that I have spent a lot of time trying to get back. It's like, how do I make my phone, social media, Reddit, like whatever, how do I make technology a thing that I do on purpose and not just a thing that is kind of happening to me all the time.

And that to me is the thing that has changed and the thing that I have spent a lot of time trying to get back. It's like, how do I make my phone, social media, Reddit, like whatever, how do I make technology a thing that I do on purpose and not just a thing that is kind of happening to me all the time.

Like one of the things that really bums me out about my own technology use is I work in my basement. I just sit here all day and there's a bathroom in my basement. It's eight feet down the hall. When I get up to go to the bathroom, I pick up my phone and I open TikTok just instinctively every single time. That's awful. Like it's insane.

Like one of the things that really bums me out about my own technology use is I work in my basement. I just sit here all day and there's a bathroom in my basement. It's eight feet down the hall. When I get up to go to the bathroom, I pick up my phone and I open TikTok just instinctively every single time. That's awful. Like it's insane.

Like one of the things that really bums me out about my own technology use is I work in my basement. I just sit here all day and there's a bathroom in my basement. It's eight feet down the hall. When I get up to go to the bathroom, I pick up my phone and I open TikTok just instinctively every single time. That's awful. Like it's insane.

I can't spend the 12 seconds that it takes me to walk to my bathroom without looking at TikTok. And I don't notice that I'm doing it, and that feels bad.

I can't spend the 12 seconds that it takes me to walk to my bathroom without looking at TikTok. And I don't notice that I'm doing it, and that feels bad.

I can't spend the 12 seconds that it takes me to walk to my bathroom without looking at TikTok. And I don't notice that I'm doing it, and that feels bad.

One thing I did a long time ago is I bought a really long USB cable, like a 10-foot long USB cable. And I said to myself, when I am home, my phone is going to be plugged into this USB cable no matter what. And it's going to sit next to a comfy chair. And if I want to use my phone, I have to go sit in the phone chair and use my phone.