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Hacking Apple to Cure Our Tech Addiction

Hacking Apple to Cure Our Tech Addiction

How to subtract the iPhone to reclaim time, attention, and creative energy. It’s now possible, the question is if you are prepared to think and do differently.

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Per Håkansson
Jan 22, 2023
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Is it possible to replace the iPhone with a new technology setup to reclaim time, attention, and creative energy? Photo: Marjan Grabowski, Unsplash.

Happy Sunday!

In my quest to simplify life and work I conduct regular experiments, challenging accepted conventions and mass behaviors when I see the opportunity for better solutions. This week’s edition is about my latest technology experiment. :)

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When Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone 16 years ago he pitched it as three devices in one: an iPod, a phone, and a communications device. Since then the iPhone (and all other smartphones) has become everyone’s remote to the world.

But have we become too dependent or even too addicted to this device? And if so, might there be a simpler solution that could liberate us from our everyday digital addictions and unwanted distractions while becoming more productive?

The average person spends 7 hours of screen time per day which is 44 percent of waking hours. South Africa tops the list with 10 hours and 45 minutes (70 percent of waking hours) while Japan is at the bottom with only 4.5 hours (28 percent).

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