I Tried Living Without a Smartphone - The Results Were Terrifying

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  • @thedavidboland
    @thedavidboland  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

    Thanks for being here - how are you feelin' today?
    PS. Newsletter signup here (it's free): winning-writer-8322.ck.page/67deec3e30

    • @lancelotdufrane
      @lancelotdufrane 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@thedavidboland cash and land lines. I’m fine. CDs… old soul resistant to this ….. desired manipulation. Hope you’re well . A appreciate your intention.

    • @WildwoodDrive
      @WildwoodDrive 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Thanks for asking... there is a theme to today's video-watching, I realize. Last night I thought about how that I've learned so much from talking with people online, but there's a sadness that grows unbearable. Even the best, most serendipitous moments are not available - it can be like falling in love with ghosts.
      When my last phone broke, after two weeks I realized that I was much happier. This time, it's a conscious goodbye and I appreciate that my old friend the algorithm brought me here.

    • @tomaccino
      @tomaccino 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Very cheesy video. I grew up in the 90s before all of this tech, but the first PC I got only enriched my life. Access to the internet only gave me access to endless knowledge which was previously limited by that one encyclopedia I had. And phones can connect me with true friends around the world! No more snail mail that takes two months to send... Oh and discovering forgotten 70s songs at the touch of a button on a warm balcony sipping tea is just priceless...
      A lot of you are using this tech wrong. You're not supposed to feel anxious and miserable using it!

    • @racerx2580
      @racerx2580 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Ready to die. You?

    • @tomaccino
      @tomaccino 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@racerx2580 Bruh, seek help.

  • @gug1970
    @gug1970 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1037

    The thing that most annoys me is that you pretty much cant now deal with any external entities without a phone. So many insist on sending text message codes in order to access services.

    • @spiritsofearth
      @spiritsofearth 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

      limit the services. or just use for the texts and nothing else. have self control.

    • @VoltageNostalgia
      @VoltageNostalgia 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

      ​@@spiritsofearthget a flip phone

    • @GeoFry3
      @GeoFry3 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

      I'm with you. It's not even just a text or a call. Annoying but there is some justification for them. Its the next step they truly bugs me. They are trying to insist on yet another app being installed. Another account being created.

    • @smason3541
      @smason3541 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      💯 2 factor authentication is the death of humanity!

    • @noseboop4354
      @noseboop4354 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@GeoFry3 Get a folding phone and configure the folded screen to only have the bare essentials. No distractions while it's folded, and if you absolutely need a full featured phone you just unfold it.

  • @StarboyXL9
    @StarboyXL9 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +626

    "As we get closer to the end, the world is going to go faster and faster. You must not do likewise. In fact, if you wish to survive, the faster the world is going, the slower you must go." - Native American prophecy

    • @skyblazeeterno
      @skyblazeeterno หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Not to be a dick but the Native Americans didn't exactly stand up to the colonisers...not really a bunch of people I'd take advice from

    • @piggynatorcool668
      @piggynatorcool668 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      ​@@skyblazeeternothey probably wouldn't have lost if not for the sickness the colonisers brought. Like seriously, the deaths were estimated to be around 95% over the hundred odd years of so

    • @piggynatorcool668
      @piggynatorcool668 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@skyblazeeternolook it up, it's nih research

    • @thefilmfrontier6822
      @thefilmfrontier6822 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Where is this written?

    • @StarboyXL9
      @StarboyXL9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      @@piggynatorcool668 Most analyses indicate that they would have lost, but the "victory" of the Europeans would have been so costly for the European powers that they might well have abandoned colonization efforts out of sheer necessity. Very interesting stuff tbh

  • @zummo61
    @zummo61 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +799

    Getting ready to retire and plan to ditch the phone and limit internet. I have grown a personal library that I hope to spend years devouring without thoughts of what the world thinks about everything.

    • @jdrei5080
      @jdrei5080 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Love that!

    • @Urbanforager
      @Urbanforager 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      When I get to retirement I plan the same

    • @TheCastedone
      @TheCastedone 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Man...I've never been so envious of someone twice my age

    • @rjfiestast2627
      @rjfiestast2627 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Congratulations! Sounds like a excellent plan

    • @Mr.Caligos
      @Mr.Caligos 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You can't retire without phone and internet. If you want to retire you need to invest. How will you invest in DeFi or stocks without your phone? 😊 Or have multiple incomes, career choices, etc.?

  • @pantera29palms
    @pantera29palms 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1456

    Fun fact:
    There was a time when nobody had cell phones. Most people had a landline…and pay phones were everywhere. Kids played outside and people talked to each other much more. That glorious time was called the 80’s and 90’s and that’s the era I grew up in not so long ago…
    👍

    • @brandonsampson-qr9cq
      @brandonsampson-qr9cq 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +71

      its a damn shame the youth have been brainwashed to the extent they have and will never know that beautiful time period. it felt like the good times would continue on forever.... never would of dreamed this is where the world would be

    • @robotnikMD
      @robotnikMD 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +86

      "wE dRaNk fRoM A HoSe11!!1"

    • @desereetouchet9294
      @desereetouchet9294 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      Everything is getting so expensive, maybe it’s an opportunity to revive some of the oldies but goodies free hang out sessions that were the norm back then. Game nights are a good start, fewer people cancel because they know what they will be doing, know they can talk about the game, there is often an exit time as well.

    • @dreamleaf6784
      @dreamleaf6784 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      This is essentially why people turn republican as they age. Most people stop learning and growing their minds and just stay with their belief until they age into being "conservative" in their views.
      And then you have this person complaining about technology using technology... irony.

    • @Natty183
      @Natty183 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      I'm mourning so much lately for the pre-panopticon. This is the hardest thing to radically accept... It's so boring and weird now.

  • @ryangierman4421
    @ryangierman4421 หลายเดือนก่อน +228

    I lost my smartphone about 2 years ago for 1 week. I could not log into my work because the company decided we had to use our phones to identify ourselves. I couldn’t access my bank accounts because the bank required me to confirm my ID with my phone. I couldn’t access other very important accounts because they all required the same. I couldn’t even order food at some restaurants because their menu has to be looked up on your phone. I realized then that I had already been check mated. We have already lost control to the beast. Try to separate yourself as much as possible

    • @breannathompson9094
      @breannathompson9094 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Its sad, you go out to a place and everyone else is into their own bubble even if you choose to leave your phone at home or keep tech to a minimum.

    • @camedelic1365
      @camedelic1365 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      The QR code menu pisses me off. I understand not wanting to have menus that need to be cleaned and updated, so just print out some paper ones!
      Restaurants will order a whole box of coloring menus for kids, but can't use a printer for a physical copy of their menu.

    • @Phabulous_1
      @Phabulous_1 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      “The BEAST System,” is exactly right. Revelation 14:9-11 King James Version (KJV)
      “And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: and the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.”

    • @pierrebrunet2284
      @pierrebrunet2284 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      YES Man ! You see clearly the false virtual reality that we are lock in ! Go back into the wood and live simply , if possible , and with sensitive persones .

  • @KRAZEEIZATION
    @KRAZEEIZATION 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +266

    TH-cam is the only thing I use now because I can choose my topics and entertainment.
    Closed Facebook years ago. Closed Instagram last year. I use the phone for banking, buying used books and music. That’s it really.

    • @captainhakob814
      @captainhakob814 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      That's the trap. I only use (insert best media here)

    • @belle8i
      @belle8i 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      You can do that without your phone, ya know.

    • @sertaoexpedicoes
      @sertaoexpedicoes 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Same here

    • @seankingwell3692
      @seankingwell3692 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      the point is that we are the ones directing our behavior for reasons. Mindless anything makes things meaningless no matter what it is. Cell phones are great camera's allowing us to show pictures with family. That is pretty much what my cell is for. Don't ask me to show you how to use the internet on it

    • @seankingwell3692
      @seankingwell3692 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I like using a computer, so when I am not at the PC my attention is fully where I am at. Plus I have house plants taking over most of my office and a big window to the back yard full of trees and sunlight shining right in from the right side of the room right next to the desk.

  • @dachsrottweiler
    @dachsrottweiler 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +243

    I miss the 90s😭 we were so...in the moment, looked each other in the eye, the whole face, had hourlong conversations. Didnt even know what time it was most of the day

    • @earringsbyangela3164
      @earringsbyangela3164 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      I agree, the 80's too. OMG I was just talking about this with a dear friend the other day. We laughed because we said we got away with so much and were so adventurous back then, the best part is that there's no proof, lol. Living in the moment was the thing to do.

    • @postalizeMike
      @postalizeMike 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I remember when I knew where I was driving all the time... Now I just follow the blue line... It's terrible for my brain

    • @vivianriver6450
      @vivianriver6450 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ah, the sweet smell of nostalgia. That reminds me that Yars Rising is about to drop soon.

    • @SuperballsSupervidsOnYT
      @SuperballsSupervidsOnYT หลายเดือนก่อน

      Why don't you do this now?

    • @RealityBubbles
      @RealityBubbles หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Anytime is reachable. It's you who left the scene.

  • @lancelotdufrane
    @lancelotdufrane 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1439

    I’m a dinosaur. Don’t carry a phone. Don’t miss it. I do use technology because I’m forced to. Still use my land line as much as possible. Birds. Rain. Grass. Conversation. None of these can be duplicated by a screen.

    • @thedavidboland
      @thedavidboland  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +51

      Awesome! Thanks for sharing ❤

    • @brushstroke3733
      @brushstroke3733 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

      Me too, and I'm "only" 47.

    • @Peter-cz8hx
      @Peter-cz8hx 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      No landlines soon to be discontinued here in uk

    • @JohnEmerick-ts7st
      @JohnEmerick-ts7st 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      That's ridiculous.

    • @JohnEmerick-ts7st
      @JohnEmerick-ts7st 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      People are going to start renouncing the use of smart phones etc. for the sheer lack of privacy.

  • @ValerieEdwards37
    @ValerieEdwards37 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +600

    I considered returning to instagram this week after almost a year, and then I saw this video. I think I’ll continue my social media hiatus.

    • @standingbear998
      @standingbear998 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      mentally week people can't make these choices for themself.

    • @murcoxc
      @murcoxc 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

      "I considered returning to Instagram but decided to watch TH-cam."

    • @volfied992
      @volfied992 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@murcoxc youtube is significantly better than instagram or tik tok

    • @tomaccino
      @tomaccino 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@dreamleaf6784It's more like cable TV but on-demand. It's definitely not "social media".

    • @johnt5897
      @johnt5897 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      I deleted my instagram a few years ago and I have no inclination of getting another one

  • @howaboutno2023
    @howaboutno2023 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +190

    Totally agree! I was on youtube way too long yesterday and started feeling discontent. Went for a walk and came back home, colored and studied French. Felt much better❤🙏🏾

    • @thedavidboland
      @thedavidboland  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Love that!

    • @howaboutno2023
      @howaboutno2023 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@thedavidboland ❤️

    • @Junkyard_Dog
      @Junkyard_Dog 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I turned off my notifications a few days ago. Just doing that helped.

    • @dlthompsonii
      @dlthompsonii 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Junkyard_Dog Agreed! My phone rings/dings if I'm getting a call or a text from family or friends. Everyone/thing else can wait.

    • @tomaccino
      @tomaccino 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Me too, I used it way too long... But I learned something new! I'm learning about astrophysics, law and social issues, even how to cook delicious Indian curries... But if phones ruin your daily life and make you feeling despaired, then you're not using it properly!
      You definitely don't need to bother with all the Mr Beast drama and all that.
      Pick up a hobby and let the internet enrich you! I'm learning crocheting with one phone and listening to 70s music on another phone!
      All this whining of "phones ruin me" mostly reflect your own miserable personality and that means you can feel that way even with other non-tech hobbies, like cycling or painting.

  • @elfi_sternenstaub
    @elfi_sternenstaub 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +152

    We don’t possess smartphones, they possess us and btw I believe they and all the social media are created to do exactly that. We have a huge responsibility in our hands, especially for our children. Who do we want to be for them? A free, happy, simple yet complex human being rooted in nature? Or a compulsive, possessed, de-rooted half-robot?
    (I prefer to be the first one even though it sometimes seems to be very hard😅❤)

    • @tomaccino
      @tomaccino 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Omg, that's the take away you get from this video with cheesy music?? If a phone controls you so much, you're using it improperly. Yesterday I listened to 70s chill rock and had the most wonderful time drinking tea on the balcony! Technology improves my life!

    • @jadapinkett1656
      @jadapinkett1656 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Said while you scroll youtube.

    • @agapitoliria
      @agapitoliria หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      TV was the same, zapping was no different from tiktok, nor were cartoons for children designed to be ads for toys (these exist on youtube too). What I feel we really lost is... Time. Time to be with children and play with them, time we have to spend working our lives away. How can anybody be at fault when all the energy they have at the end of the day is to sit and hook themselves and their children to tablets/TV?

  • @BjornAndreasBull-Hansen
    @BjornAndreasBull-Hansen 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +175

    Thank you for sharing your experience. I am on my fourth year without a smart phone now and I am never going back. I also limit my interaction with email and online activity to one hour five days a week. It is amazing for creativity and inner peace. Again, thank you for sharing your perspective.

    • @thedavidboland
      @thedavidboland  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      @@BjornAndreasBull-Hansen thanks Bjorn, and thanks for all the insights you share too!

    • @AG-hx6qn
      @AG-hx6qn 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      So happy for you. I still remember saying how I was afraid what would happen if I got once, myself...have been addicted since. But I can feel that I'm about to change that very soon. :) thanks for the encouragment.

    • @marcusleja7133
      @marcusleja7133 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      It's impossible for me to make this change in my work and career. I literally can't leave the smartphone behind during the day, because of the authentication apps.

    • @SecretSquirrel99-007
      @SecretSquirrel99-007 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Hi Bjorn, I sometimes watch your channel, enjoy your perspective on life, greetings from New Zealand.

    • @Serjo777
      @Serjo777 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This video immediately made me think of you. Funny how I found you in the comments too ^^

  • @julielevesque2668
    @julielevesque2668 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +152

    Flip phone user...49 years old no internet when I leave the house and I'm still alive and well.

    • @AlexQuinn-f2r
      @AlexQuinn-f2r 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I'll tell you what I told my grandfather when he mentioned he didn't use the internet after the 90s when call-in tech support services were directly used- you seriously dodged a bullet
      Way too much has happened for me to even process over the last 10 years

    • @JamesStein-w1b
      @JamesStein-w1b 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Me too.

    • @EingefrorenesEisen
      @EingefrorenesEisen 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I'm in a weird spot. I grew up in the 90s and early 2000s. I had a bit of internet, but I was a nerdy kid and knew my way around a computer. But I definitely hate social media and how common it is for people to be online.
      People who are different, nerd, awkward. They belong online. The preppy girl who had 30 friends has no reason other than to be entertained.
      The majority of the internet now is "entertainment" and not socialization or learning. I use less websites with algorithms, less websites with infinite scrolling. I limit that to just TH-cam maybe a few hours on a slow day with no art inspiration, maybe 30 minutes on a productive day when I'm walking my dog. I look for information, art tutorials, independent news.
      We all need some downtime, too, but man. Socializing on your 30s is already hard enough. But everyone is so set in their ways, having their circles, and not trying to engage. Granted, we're all tired. As Americans, at least, we've been commodified and dehumanized by mega corporations running our country. So we cope, we escape. But we've got to admit we need to actually interact, too.

    • @jeffreyelliott622
      @jeffreyelliott622 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's me went back to the old flipper flopper phone for I can use my laptop at home for those internet conveniences which isn't much for the world has for the most part gone apey over them smartass phones not me if I want to act like a zombie I just watch it on my favorite show the Walking Dead !!!

    • @randomnesspersonified
      @randomnesspersonified หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      A creaky high five to you, from someone in the same boat!

  • @macsarcule
    @macsarcule หลายเดือนก่อน +115

    When we only had landline phones, we also felt these insecurities. “Why is no one calling me? Doesn’t anyone want to do anything with me.”
    The smartphone isn’t the problem. The problem is social media and how we’ve been trained to desire positive feedback from strangers. Desiring feedback is the biggest change. We’ve been trained to do care much too deeply what strangers think.

    • @QuackersMcCrackers
      @QuackersMcCrackers หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I agree completely. You deserve a like :)

    • @stephenmorton8017
      @stephenmorton8017 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Zuckerberg created Facebook as a glorified college yearbook application where he could rate college girls with his salacious buddies. That's all you really need to know about Facebook. It's just an extension of your high school yearbook.

    • @WildwoodDrive
      @WildwoodDrive หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      When I clicked the like button, Pavlov's dog's descendants got a shot of feel-good.
      that's how it works, folks.
      When there's no reply, there's no supply.
      [this is a poetic summary of research - we're more than junkies, we're being trained with literally the exact mechanism-manipulation as animal conditioning.]

    • @francestaylor9156
      @francestaylor9156 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      This is why I don’t understand social media. Who cares what strangers think? It’s bizarre.
      I like TH-cam because I enjoy reading how other people think about things because it can be different from my thoughts. I turned off notifications for TH-cam and have no idea when my comments get responses. It’s just out there in the aether that is the internet. I had to for my own sanity. It’s much simpler to use TH-cam as a way to express thoughts almost like a journal using the comments section. But a journal you don’t go back to. I liken it to long form public bathroom scribble but a bit more interesting and engaging.

    • @avgholson8143
      @avgholson8143 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The search bar is also very distracting

  • @steverempel8584
    @steverempel8584 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +106

    I've noticed that since Covid, our society has started absoloutely requiring smartphones in some places.

    • @ParteraQuisqueyana
      @ParteraQuisqueyana 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I tend to avoid those places if I can.

    • @belle8i
      @belle8i 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      “No one could buy or sell without the mark.”

    • @jadapinkett1656
      @jadapinkett1656 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ​@@belle8i Religious delusions.

    • @connorg712sanderson
      @connorg712sanderson 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thats also when they quietly installed the 5G towers everywhere under everyone's noses and knowledge.

    • @paulnam4488
      @paulnam4488 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      We go in a lot of camping trips and it is now normal to use a smartphone to reserve campsite on the fly. When you get there, there is no one to talk to. There may be a camp host, but they don't have anything to do with the reservation system, except for taking inventory of campers. The hosts are nice people. The reason i cite this example is to give evidence of how smartphones are ubiquitous. If you don't have access to mobile Internet you might literally not be able to camp in many US National Parks and forests. There is something sad about that. I'm writing this comment ony smartphone. I just returned from a week of backpacking. I found myself looking for a signal at a high pass. I got one. I sent a friend two photos. Seemed okay to do that. But I have to wonder.

  • @moonwvlf6919
    @moonwvlf6919 หลายเดือนก่อน +57

    Us old people have been yelling for years that life was better before invasive technology ... I'm not even against technology but around 2008 it started to overtake reality

  • @janviergalle
    @janviergalle 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +62

    I think some day there'll be a movement calling on to discard social media and it'll be cheered and supported by the youth.

    • @hibatica
      @hibatica 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      it's already happening slowly

    • @w8what575
      @w8what575 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It won’t be voluntary but ur correct…the internet is not freedom of information but rather controlling the information we have access to…before long, the channels that provide real history won’t be allowed…it will all be the same bs we have with tv media….lies and rhetoric and then they will take it away after everything has been updated to need the internet to operate. I went to put fuel in my car one day the internet was down. They couldn’t even sell me fuel for my car! The pumps are all controlled via the internet! Let that sink in! Our power grid is also like this! They take the internet away and we won’t even be able to power our homes!

    • @Planet-Anime
      @Planet-Anime 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      It's happening now

    • @jadapinkett1656
      @jadapinkett1656 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No.

    • @hllyenaylleth9576
      @hllyenaylleth9576 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What's crazy, is they wouldn't know, what they don't know

  • @VinylSteel3
    @VinylSteel3 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    I struggled with social media/phone addiction from 15 - 19 years old. I quit everything (except youtube) in March 2021 after realising my average screen time daily was 14 hours. I'm 22 now & use my phone minimally, write lists/journaling with pen & paper, read physical books & buy physical DVDs/video games for the first time in YEARS. Although it's improved my life greatly, it's harmed my social life. All my friends look at me weirdly & treat me like an alien, anytime I'm with them they're on their phones most of the time completely zoned out like zombies. It's horrible how drowned society has become in the digital world, I'd give anything to live back in the 70s/80s/90s & embrace a more simple life. I really have to fight temptation to go back to that digital world, it's a legitimate addiction I don't wish on anyone.

    • @biteofdog
      @biteofdog หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I'm glad that you are getting over your social media addiction, hopefully you will make more friends that will not be hooked on their phones. Also, the 70s/80s/90s were not simpler, I don't know where that perception came from, the 'good old days' are always viewed through rose tinted glasses.

  • @MrZoomah
    @MrZoomah หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    I went 3 months with a dumb phone.
    My son missed 2 friends birthdays, I couldnt pay for his basketball fees, couldn't order him lunch,or communicate with his football team. All those were through apps.
    I can stomach the impact on my life, but the impact on my kid was too big. Had to go back to the smart phone. Was so angry how manipulated we are.

    • @bulbigood6558
      @bulbigood6558 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      We need dumbphones with messengers, not only calls

    • @dcarbs2979
      @dcarbs2979 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I think it's only because you're not used to smartphone-free life. Meet the football team in person, take a packed lunch, arrange to pay in cash in person or by cheque. Easy really.

  • @elfi_sternenstaub
    @elfi_sternenstaub 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +491

    If you watch live concerts from the 70s, 80s, 90s, nobody’s holding up a stupid hellphone. Everyone’s dancing, laughing, smiling, living in the NOW ❤ that’s what it’s all about.

    • @kirstenlong7821
      @kirstenlong7821 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      Everyone held their lighters in the air, LOL

    • @robotnikMD
      @robotnikMD 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      Yeah, because they didn't exist...

    • @lancelotdufrane
      @lancelotdufrane 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      @@elfi_sternenstaub have you also noticed… tempo has been altered. Sped up. Changes the emotional capacity to the songs. I hate it. Music person for 40 yrs. Screen music is altered. Living NOW is buying the “illusion “.

    • @valerierogers9609
      @valerierogers9609 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Sad younger generation nowadays that have no concept of such days, and actually think the life lived today is normalcy.

    • @sharpcanines3347
      @sharpcanines3347 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Cameras were not allowed at concerts

  • @iloveitall
    @iloveitall 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

    56, never had a smart phone. Love my C3520. I'm fine.

    • @Plethorality
      @Plethorality 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      miss my little nokia.

  • @smallhouseinthemeadow6131
    @smallhouseinthemeadow6131 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +256

    We lived like this for millions of years befote the last thirty or so, and so it is strange how we are SO addicted to being "connected" that we feel strange when we aren't. In actuality, when we are off social media and without our computers and cell phones, we are really "connected". The sad thing is there is no going back and it will change our entire human experience and society as we have known it for millions of years. And not for the better.

    • @BlueJeansandJellyBeans
      @BlueJeansandJellyBeans 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I saw a person comment on another TH-cam video...."That's why they call it a 'cell' phone." I found that single statement profound and so true, the cellphone keeps us "locked" up. Locked up to what? Nothing that is important just nonsense.

    • @therooster6104
      @therooster6104 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      I agree wholeheartedly 🙏🏼🕊️🌹

    • @VoltageNostalgia
      @VoltageNostalgia 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Humans haven't been around for millions of years but i get your point. Civilizations began around 6000 years ago. And before that we lived with nature just as animals but with intelligence. Even looking at pre industrialization which historically isnt that long ago, we've rapidly vastly changed how we live.
      Too rapidly. We cant exist with and next to the natural world and then in 2 generations condition everyone to live in small, climate-controlled boxes where all the difficulties of life are convenienced away. Taking us out of the processes of life, shielding us from the realities of it. It has made a profoundly sick society.

    • @noseboop4354
      @noseboop4354 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@VoltageNostalgia This way of living isn't sustainable. Birth rates are very low in many countries, it's only a matter of time before the entire world stops having babies.

    • @ParteraQuisqueyana
      @ParteraQuisqueyana 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Not just addicted, but how required it is in society to have one. There are now many jobs that require you have a smartphone or they won’t hire you.

  • @AoibheannDoyle-SoulTherapist
    @AoibheannDoyle-SoulTherapist 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    Thank you David. You & I are of the same ilk. I made a video about how my smart phone ruined my life. I would return to a world without screens in a heartbeat. I find we are all becoming more isolated. I am in Dublin & I feel the city has become disconnected, strange. It used to be vibrant & social! Bright blessings & I appreciate your work 💫

  • @LaurieWalker207
    @LaurieWalker207 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    Good talk. There are a lot of dissenters now... Just last evening I turned my phone OFF, which I never do. My mind felt like an addict's must be. I also felt weirdly guilty about what I might miss. It kept me from sleeping at first. I have the same sentiments as others have posted here. If we are not conscious of how we use technology, then we are being used, and all the problems that come along with it are only going to get worse.

  • @ericappreviews3989
    @ericappreviews3989 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    How did you sit there and record in 1 take without having any ummm or errrrrs?!
    I strive for that much clarity and freeness from my mind to my mouth.
    Awesome video bud

    • @thedavidboland
      @thedavidboland  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      To be honest there are several cuts in here, someone even walked into the shot whilst I was filming but that being said, speaking slowly helps me to be more articulate. Um and eh can be replaced with space or breath - that’s all I’ve done here.
      Thanks for your lovely comment ❤

  • @doloresparlato
    @doloresparlato 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

    No smart phone (landline at home), no TV, yes I have a laptop at home; no social media...people wonder how I live. I tell them this is a choice and there's intentionality to living like this. I walked the El Camino de Santiago (ancient pilgrimage route) across Spain 10 years ago with no technology. Friends of mine offered to buy me a phone, "what if you die"; well, then I die, I will one day and no presence of a cell phone is going to stop THAT. I trusted that the set of dog tags around my neck would get my corpse home. It's the anxiety of OTHERS that is the hardest thing to deal with. I pick up on a condescension in people who learn of my no cell life. My spirituality is deeper than ever, and hardly anyone is curious about THAT....they're more interested in the newest app.

    • @exmas3284
      @exmas3284 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Last step is to quit youtube (also social media)

    • @helenhawkins2107
      @helenhawkins2107 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You're writing to strangers on you tube comments. Welcome to social media.

    • @doloresparlato
      @doloresparlato หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@exmas3284 You are so right about that! That's so funny, I never considered making comments on youtube social media, but duh 'social media'. You can tell I don't get out much!

    • @doloresparlato
      @doloresparlato หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@helenhawkins2107 That's funny and you're right; for some reason I did not think that making comments on youtube was social media! So I'm not as off the grid as I thought! Ugh!

    • @vin_2620
      @vin_2620 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It is sad how people judge so quickly. Most don't bother to be curious and just ask 'Why?'.

  • @teapeaster
    @teapeaster 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    I've never owned a smartphone. The only thing that's smart is not owning one. The first person that I know to own one came round to my house and just stared at it and that put me right off. I have a phone, yes. I have a computer, yes. But I don't want my entire life ruled by a piece of technology.

    • @jimmyschmidt14
      @jimmyschmidt14 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      People are starved for attention these days. Also don't know how to have a face to face convo.

    • @rachaelgrande3097
      @rachaelgrande3097 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      technology impedes freedom. think of the car and how city planning is designed with the automobile in mind (not humans) even if you want to buck the system and boycott the automobile, it still dictates your movement. we can not cross the street without the traffic lights permission lest one of those machines takes us out. it's a horrifying realization that ted k wasn't wrong.

  • @channelofeverything893
    @channelofeverything893 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I have been out of social media for almost 3 years, and I can tell you, with even my parents, everyone i had contact with is comfortable numb, like robots. It's no surprise why everyone says time is flying, like, yeah, bro, leave that phone, go outside, discover life. My last hope is to continue being "offline" because I believe there are people like me, not so much, but at least someone from my generation, early 99'.

    • @breannathompson9094
      @breannathompson9094 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Im mid 99 as well, i havent found anybody my own age like me but luckily there are some folks that are a little older that i found to be more like us. A lot of kids in our generation were on the cusp but some of the kids with techy or more open parents got them internet and devices and some didnt. Just got to find the ones who didnt.

    • @channelofeverything893
      @channelofeverything893 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @breannathompson9094 I feel that buddy, same with me. With people minimum 5 years older, it was and still is double easier. Why? Idk.

  • @B0redZer0
    @B0redZer0 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Im 23 and a bit of a shut-in, so im usually online very consistently, playing games, talking with friends i met online etc. but, what i dont use is normal social media. (facebook, twitter, etc.)
    I dont really keep up with whats happening, living in my own little bubble.
    I like it this way.
    I understand the people wanting to completely cut out technology, but in my case, its what i grew up with. I hardly know anybody in my local area outside of family, so im afraid of being truly alone if i ever decided to not make use of technology to talk to the few people ive met online.
    For me talking to friends is enough.

    • @Dark69Sun
      @Dark69Sun หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Might be (and except for the online friends I'm perhaps not even so much different because of my chronic ME/CFS health issues).
      But what are you going to do in a longlasting blackout?
      You'll be completely alone...

    • @tharealestinhurr
      @tharealestinhurr หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      We're all alone, together

  • @CognitiveDissident.
    @CognitiveDissident. 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    My Dad lived without a cell phone for 76 years (1947 - 2023), and he hated the idea of having one. He got along fine without it.

  • @alexpervanoglu7420
    @alexpervanoglu7420 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +108

    Most of my life there were no computers, no mobile phones, no internet, TV had one channel, then two, we got a landline in the 80s.
    No microwave ovens, no games consols.
    The list goes on.
    They were far far far better times.
    People knew their friends, neighbours, families etc.
    They had to make an effort.
    If you said you were going to be somewhere, you couldn't and didn't cancel last minute.
    Food was cooked from scratch, using ingredients and not just a packet thrown in a box for two minutes to heat up.
    We as children rode bikes miles and miles, we built dens, we went camping, we hunted and fished, we painted, did woodwork, played games.
    Familes would get together for picnics and walks.
    I won't go on but humanity, loyalty, love, faith, commitment, debate, freedom, and all sorts of other beneficial things have been totally destroyed by this technology.
    It is sad to behold.

    • @nedcramdon1306
      @nedcramdon1306 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      We were taken by cruel entities. We are just lowly, weak sheep. It's slowly sinking in and hurts tremendously.
      I just can't recognize this existence. A feeling of extreme loss. Only when I dwell on it.

    • @janedough6575
      @janedough6575 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      All deliberately done. Destroy society and “build back better “ 🤢🤨

    • @annsalty5615
      @annsalty5615 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I can relate. A person made a date to meet me somewhere, her idea, and cancelled last minute on cell after I was already there like it was OK, and of course I was wrong for not being understanding. We had them over for a holiday dinner she laid her cell phone on our dining table while we ate as if that was more important. These devices are ruining just common decency. But it does point out the shallow people. Not wasting any more effort on that friendship!

    • @pololikikuju
      @pololikikuju 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      what most really can't see is WHO is really DOING this and WHO is "they"... And that's the reason why all of this is happening to us. Do you know who "they" are? Starts with a j - vvs​@@nedcramdon1306

    • @popejaimie
      @popejaimie 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Technology didn't do that, capitalism did

  • @TiPitSgtBuddy
    @TiPitSgtBuddy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I love how etherial this video is.
    The sense of being in the woods with you and feeling the wind on my face is great.
    Even how you shot this from so far away with the clear audio gives a sense that we are so small vs nature

  • @elfi_sternenstaub
    @elfi_sternenstaub 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    I stopped instagram a few months ago. Other ‚social’ media is not existent in my life. Only thing left is TH-cam. And the smartphone. And still, that’s too much. It fckn drains energy out of my body. I can’t wait for the day in near future when we will all throw them away ❤

  • @Davidbirdman101
    @Davidbirdman101 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +78

    I'm 68 years old and I got my first "smart phone" in 2017. I didn't have any idea how to use it. After about a month I started to figure it out but I quickly realized that it could become an addiction. I saw people walking around staring into the phone like it had some kind of mesmerizing effect.
    I use it very sparingly and I hate to think about how the younger generation is going to cope when we don't have any internet anymore. We're so close to annihilation from a nuclear war.

    • @nedcramdon1306
      @nedcramdon1306 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      I see lots of old fogies glued to their phones and ipad's or whatever, all the time.
      I've never even used one. Computer's more than enough. (Way too much lately)

    • @zukodude487987
      @zukodude487987 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      You assume its a problem.

    • @milo_thatch_incarnate
      @milo_thatch_incarnate 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@nedcramdon1306 - Wow, what an attitude. "Old fogies"? Shame on you. Watch your words.

    • @consciousobserver629
      @consciousobserver629 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I honestly don't forsee the use of nukes again, but our grid is very temperamental and poorly maintained, so we could be in deep trouble if/when it breaks down. No internet wouldn't be as big of an issue as no food or water. Very troubling to contemplate.

    • @TylerDurden-td2yg
      @TylerDurden-td2yg หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      A few years ago it wasn´t a problem for most 50+ folks. Nowadays they´re pretty much exactly as addicted as the youth. My parents are constantly on the phone and i hear it from many many other friends too.

  • @dickieblench5001
    @dickieblench5001 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    3 hour bike ride is a 3 hour detox

    • @jeffreyelliott622
      @jeffreyelliott622 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Or even canoeing for a couple of hours to just get away from the world at your fingertips which I don't have going on now for 6 years or so the old flipper flopper phone just used for emergencies and family talk time or pictures and that's all !!

  • @eamfos
    @eamfos 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Half my life there was no internet and mobile phones...
    I have never owned a smart phone ...i got those "old" "with buttons".
    All i see around me is people looking at their phones , noone gives a look around.
    i m grateful i have no smartphone...no facebook..no tik tok.

  • @RaoulLo-u8y
    @RaoulLo-u8y 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

    Great monologue and great story here mate. May I point out something about your soundtrack though? Although some people may think it's cool to have a soundtrack like that in the background, I do think it deters from something much more significant--and to me more interesting: the amazing chorus of natural sound all around you, such as the tree leaves dancing in the wind. It would be more appropriate to your topic also.

    • @marilynsiddiqi2105
      @marilynsiddiqi2105 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I agree, that background sound is annoying and distracting.

    • @dontpraiseme
      @dontpraiseme 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes it is wack

    • @Dakota-Rose
      @Dakota-Rose 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Very good point for this subject. Including the environmental sounds alone would have been perfect.

    • @tomaccino
      @tomaccino 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I also agree, it's so cheesy and gives off a perception that being "phoneless" is some benevolent, superior experience. If a smartphone makes you feel anxious and miserable, then you aren't using it correctly 😂

    • @sarahjaneross2918
      @sarahjaneross2918 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well, I liked it 😅

  • @DebNewton-kh4cv
    @DebNewton-kh4cv 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Am not on any social media platforms, never will be…yes I have a smart phone but use it only for messaging & calls…I bought it 2nd hand so it is nowhere near new yet does the job.
    I love nature & what you were describing sounded like bliss to me…a wood fire is how I cook my meals… love it! Thank you for a calming informative video. Cheers from Aus 👩‍🌾

  • @BloopyChips
    @BloopyChips 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    The problem with doing this in a town or city is that they aren't built that way anymore. No payphones, no maps, everything requires an app to sign in. People don't live without a phone because they can't anymore.

    • @FranchiseCityOnline
      @FranchiseCityOnline 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I have never owned a phone and get along with no issues.

  • @kronicali24
    @kronicali24 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    communication has allowed us to connect to ppl much further away at the cost of distancing us from the ppl nearby/

  • @levimcdaniel
    @levimcdaniel 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    i quit booze 3.5 years ago. deleted all social media other than youtube a year ago, I switched from smart phone back to flip phone 2.5 months ago. The only things I own are what I need at this point to survive, cut all bills out or lowered the needed ones....my life has changed for the better. I'm reading more, and I am finding it is easier to live in the moment...I realized I have everything in front of me to be happy. I don't need anything more

    • @chappy3669
      @chappy3669 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @togglebutton3312 he probably still has a computer, super useful for printing things or doing other work

  • @Magnetron33
    @Magnetron33 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I'm 71 and have never owned a cellphone. I am blessed!

  • @jacquelinesmedley7853
    @jacquelinesmedley7853 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I only watch youtube, no X no telegram, Netflix or anything else, I'm having a hard time with spammers twice a day for two weeks and continuing so I don't like my smart phone at the moment the spam callers get blocket each call but they keep ringing using different numbers, so glad I found your video thanks x

  • @tofemaster
    @tofemaster หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Know that your experience is subjective. I just did an 8-day hike over 78 miles with no phone and it wasn't as profound as your experience because I do it all the time. YOU are in control of these experiences.

    • @dantheradioman
      @dantheradioman หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes! Exactly. Now I long for the disconnects if I can't hike.
      I haven't even gone on more than a 6-day backpacking trip...yet.
      Pretty hard to stay off grid when you work in IT.
      I still use the phone for camera & downloaded maps & the Garmin.

    • @bulbigood6558
      @bulbigood6558 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@dantheradiomanyou can use offline maps on your watch and take photos with a camera. No smartphone needed

  • @johnfisher9969
    @johnfisher9969 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    The phone/technology isn't the problem, it's just a tool. The problem is you, as are all your problems. After all if you're not the problem there is no solution.

    • @Matok1
      @Matok1 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Exactly. I have a smartphone because I have need of its functions. It serves as an alarm clock, an authenticator for my work and important personal accounts, a camera because I like taking pictures of things, and my only phone because a landline was more expensive than just having the cell number. It is not my portable entertainment device, there are no games installed on it, I do not watch any streaming/video stuff on it. There are no social media apps on it and never will be. It only has 1 gig of data per month, so when I take it with me, its only purpose is for someone to be able to call me while I'm out and about, and maybe to look something up on a map if I need to find a place. Only my close friends and family have access to my number and we don't text each other unless it is important. If we need to talk, we call or actually visit each other to talk face to face.
      The phone can own you, or, you can own the phone. It's all in how you choose to use it. If a person can't help but be checking their social media crap or answering some random text on their phone every 5 minutes then maybe it is best they not have one, but they aren't 'bad' to have, just bad for some people who don't have self control.

    • @IliketohikeAT
      @IliketohikeAT หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I feel the technology and the phone is a causing a major epidemic for American children that nobody is concerned about. They communicate with a digital filter and now have very little human interaction. this is accelerating an epidemic of mental health.

    • @johnfisher9969
      @johnfisher9969 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@IliketohikeAT how exactly is that the phone's fault? Do phones/tech require that children have access to them, or do parents have to concent? Looks like a parenting problem to me.

    • @IliketohikeAT
      @IliketohikeAT หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@johnfisher9969 I guess you can blame a lot of things. I’m just stating a fact.

    • @michalurbanful
      @michalurbanful หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@IliketohikeAT Agreed. Not only American kids, but kids in every developed country. It's easier to ask over the net then getting worried about being rejected in the real world. 😕

  • @GlinkBetweenWorlds
    @GlinkBetweenWorlds หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video thank you for sharing your insight. I've had similar realizations myself when in nature it's so bizarre how much attention and emotion we tie to these little bright rectangles.
    when you realize all those texts and notifications only have as much power as you give them you can start to view the phone as a tool for creation rather than, a lifestyle.
    One thing I try to avoid now is opening my phone when there are moments of silence or boredom and especially around other people because I feel like it puts me into NPC mode and I'd rather be a human being

  • @RetireandGo
    @RetireandGo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    this would be very cool to try! 5 days no phone. outstanding. thank you for the reflection on this.

    • @thedavidboland
      @thedavidboland  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      thanks for watching! wishing you a lovely day

  • @Spydeberg7876
    @Spydeberg7876 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I found some sort of inner peace earlier this summer, but then i suddenly lost it, couldn’t think of why. I knew it wasn’t using my phone less. It was not silence (like not music or podcast)- but yesterday I figured it was being outside and sitting down. I'm just doing nothing or reading a book (i read think like a monk, so it's kinda relevant to the mindset, I guess). But just the sitting down part, walking in the same area, did not get me this calmness. Very fascinating ❤ Autumn is coming in Norway so it's not that easy to sit comfortably with the rain, but i will try to do is anyway.

  • @silviafox78
    @silviafox78 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    It's not hard to live without a smartphone... I am 34 and have never had a smart phone in all these years!

    • @alejandro_vallejo_calvo
      @alejandro_vallejo_calvo หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      It can be hard if you’ve become unconsciously addicted to it after years of technology use and abuse, to the point where you have integrated it into your present lifestyle.

    • @michaelkeeton2979
      @michaelkeeton2979 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm afraid to be so blunt but the smart phone is not the problem. People just love lies because they chose their father.

  • @DavidHagrid1
    @DavidHagrid1 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I think you nailed it when you said ‘go create’. Only ‘real’ people can create.

  • @zukodude487987
    @zukodude487987 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    People in the comments are all biased against phones, they think our problems would be sold if nobody used phones. Things dont work like that. Instead of fighting technology, try to make the most of it.

    • @Ollie-Arts
      @Ollie-Arts 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's because most of them are old people who grew up without it. I highly doubt a college student in the middle of the big city would agree with them.

    • @Ollie-Arts
      @Ollie-Arts หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @togglebutton3312 Yeah, dude... you literally just proved my point. No young adult is going to share that viewpoint because they literally can't function in society without one. Our society is phone centric, and if you aren't already established in it. It's pretty much impossible to get going if you don't have one. Too much stuff requires you to have it, and it provides too big an advantage.

  • @deltapi8859
    @deltapi8859 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "the messages I though were there and weren't there" I know EXACTLY what you talk about. I sporadically do phases of no "smartphone". Just to be focused on the immediate world and when I come back I'm always shocked how people do not even try to engage in meaningful contact anymore. We all have become tools of entertainment or ego to each other. But the real meaningful and authentic is gone. We become super skilled in getting rid of the person, but engage in what we thinks brings more entertainment or social currency.

  • @poshko41
    @poshko41 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I remember I felt like a dork playing my Game Boy while waiting in line at the amusement park back in the early 90s. It wasn't common to see. Now everyone has their faces buried in a screen while doing ANYTHING that was once reserved for silence, introspection, or actual conversation.

    • @maximegervais2213
      @maximegervais2213 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I use to take bus everyday and I see almost everybody look at their smartphones, it looks like an addiction

  • @zenaakers7469
    @zenaakers7469 หลายเดือนก่อน

    absolutely. well put, Sir. Fine and dandy here, wishing you a positive and inspiring day. Thank you for putting this into words for those who are less articulate than you, I love the steady delivery

  • @liquidelectrum
    @liquidelectrum 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Born in 72, I remember the 80s, and miss that way terribly. It was more fun in real life…

    • @sianefer-ptah1258
      @sianefer-ptah1258 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Born in '73. Far better days back then.

  • @rainbowskyrunner
    @rainbowskyrunner 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for your presence and all you present here 😌🙏🏾 I greatly appreciate your creations Noble Sir.

  • @Thegodholms
    @Thegodholms หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    That’s why I go backpacking at least 3 times a year. Just got back from a solo hike deep near Canada this week. Peaceful af.

  • @Aaron_Griffin
    @Aaron_Griffin หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for the reminder on this and bringing it to people's attention that need it. Much love and gratitude 🙏🏽

  • @micakingsea9031
    @micakingsea9031 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Its really funny that some people comment on not using smart phones, Internet and other tech but they watched and commented on this vid using tech, 🤔
    Those that truly don't use smartphones and tech are out there doing things and don't know about this vid

  • @tradehut2782
    @tradehut2782 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    My grandfather never used a smartphone. He was still the grumpiest man Ive ever seen.

    • @thedavidboland
      @thedavidboland  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      haha, so refreshing to hear this as many people from the previous generation are saying "back in my day we had no phones you guys are crazy now" in the comments section! thanks for sharing

  • @flamindigo
    @flamindigo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I remember in the early 1980's; long before there was an internet. We used libraries to find out about things. We met people face to face and figured things out together. The "be-on you phone" culture is making everybody "more intelligent" every day. But, they are really getting to be more and more BRAIN-DEAD.

    • @jimmyschmidt14
      @jimmyschmidt14 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      More angry from knowledge and less social skills is decline.

    • @jadapinkett1656
      @jadapinkett1656 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You're an irrelevant boomer.

    • @AmazingStoryDewd
      @AmazingStoryDewd 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Libraries are in many ways ineff. What's nice is that you can have an actual teacher through the internet to teach you thi gs rather than trying to figure it out on your own. It's an improvement. I cam also buy books I can find in a local bookstore thanks to the internet

  • @joshuaduca5527
    @joshuaduca5527 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    sometimes youtube is more commucative and educational it will give you knowledge and information you want to hear from others and it motivates you to keep going in life

  • @stypa1717
    @stypa1717 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    So, the title says; the results were terrifying.... I didn't hear any of that in this video.... It is misleading as the video was about being away from smartphone... So was that so terrifying..?

    • @TopHIgnite
      @TopHIgnite หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I think the point was that in modern western civilization, the vast majority rely in smartphones and maintaining an online presence and measure their sense of self based on what the internet says about them so this revelation could be construed as "terrifying" because it challenges and undermines everything people understand as "reality"

  • @barsthehippie
    @barsthehippie หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    “Here we are on the internet after all” while being outside somewhere is very terrifying.

  • @Cobra-cy9mz
    @Cobra-cy9mz หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Been without a phone for over 3 years. Peaceful.

  • @wendywyll5032
    @wendywyll5032 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    ‘The internet really highlights to us the things that aren’t in our control, that never have been in our control’. This is so profoundly true and why our collective anxiety has increased since the internet.

  • @JohannesDalenMC
    @JohannesDalenMC หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    A year without a smartphone - there's no going back, I feel like a kid again!

    • @YouTube_account2024
      @YouTube_account2024 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How did you not use your smartphone like if people needed to call you? What would you do

    • @JohannesDalenMC
      @JohannesDalenMC หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@TH-cam_account2024 I've used an old Nokia!

  • @delphi-moochymaker62
    @delphi-moochymaker62 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Growing up before smartphones I see them as a tool and an accessory. Gen Z and younger see them as a requirement for living. it isn't.

    • @HA-nj1qt
      @HA-nj1qt 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You also grew up in a time where payphones were commonplace…

  • @EllyCatfox
    @EllyCatfox 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    The problem of people spending too much time with their smartphones is double-edged as a queer trans person in poverty with autism and CPTSD. I like a lot of old fashioned living- meditation, cooking, exercise and being up for adventure in both the woods and the urban concrete jungle... But I nearly-constantly encounter a lot of hostility and alienation offline because of who I am, and it's only getting worse lately.
    I used to have a few queer friends and roommates IRL, but they were really narcissistic and glued to their technology way too much- very spiritually dead inside (and not in like, the goth way of just being solemnly real cause that's cool af 🖤) My own people just treated me very poorly...😣I know they had their own traumas to work through, but it was so incredibly hurtful that nobody would ever be present in the moment, and they treated me as if *I* was the problem for wanting boundaries, cooperation, and mindfulness in our shared space, or wanting them to stop lying to me about how they were gonna do the dishes, clean the bathroom, lock the doors behind them, or stop blaring their music when the rest of us need quiet at night etc.
    For a couple months I started using cannabis more and more just to cope with the way they treated me and I started becoming more like them- in some ways it helped and in others it made everything so much worse. 🌿 I only use the herb medicinally or ritually now, barely twice a month, though I still respect tf outta the good stoners who know how to treat people right and be mindful of each other's needs or their responsibilities. 💚 I do got a really cool friend in downtown Duluth like that I wanna see again when I get paid but I doubt he wants to be tagged here. 😸
    I used to be agoraphobic for awhile and could barely leave the house after my roommates left, but now I leave the house almost every day and haven't had a full-on panic attack in 6 weeks! 🧡I've still been a bit depressed and am still slightly sick in the body,🤧but I fight the good fight and I'm happy and thankful to still be here...
    ...I just hope our society gets our act together and stops being glued to their phones and materialism so much. 😿

  • @kathleen_rietz_artist
    @kathleen_rietz_artist 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Welcome back! Sounds like a very nice retreat away from technology, if only for a short time.

  • @ttrreennttoonn
    @ttrreennttoonn หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Camping for 5 days without a phone isn’t “trying to live without a phone”. 😆
    Otherwise, nice video!

    • @timh.7169
      @timh.7169 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      believe me, even 5 days is not doable for ALOT of people, including me

  • @lyndalou2892
    @lyndalou2892 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have a flip phone and the only social media I participate in is TH-cam videos. I love my simplified life. Thank you for this insightful video. I hope everyone can take some time to get outside and walk around on the earth with your precious bare feet. Love & Light ! 🌞🌞🌞

  • @tdgdbs1
    @tdgdbs1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I biked the entire length of Baja California with just a Garmin GPS. For safety reason, the Garmin has texting capability; but I did not use it. The internet is a distraction that I can live without.

  • @SquawkingSnail
    @SquawkingSnail หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What a refreshing watch. Simple needs and simple pleasures.

  • @Thanks_for_posting.
    @Thanks_for_posting. 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Another great podcast keep up the good work ❤

  • @ShizaruBloodrayne
    @ShizaruBloodrayne 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The fun part about living online and moving from place to place is that all your friends you made along the way stopped reaching back out because you're forever out of sight out of mind, out of their locale routine...

  • @lovehand9531
    @lovehand9531 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    9:00 "that's easier in the woods, than in real life." 🙃

  • @dot1298
    @dot1298 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    wow - the background music is ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS and AWESOME :) where can i find it?

    • @dot1298
      @dot1298 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      the music gave me the goosebumps.. absolutely mesmerizing and awe/inspiring..

  • @SecretSquirrel99-007
    @SecretSquirrel99-007 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Mental illness is rising alarmingly, especially among young people, started happening about the time of the rise of the smartphone, coincedence? I'm glad I am not on social media, saw a commentator saying it's like all the village idiots gathered at the local park yelling at eachother.

    • @fishyfishyfishy500akabs8
      @fishyfishyfishy500akabs8 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And then they made it everyone else’s problem

    • @davidkunstist7895
      @davidkunstist7895 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There are studies about human developement and "screen time", but they stopped the study because scientists were afraid that the parents sue them to study screen time of kids and the effects. 😉

  • @brownacid4397
    @brownacid4397 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Millennial here. Voluntarily admitted myself to an inpatient drug/alcohol rehab facility a year ago(Oct 2023). One of the most sobering aspects of it was feeling how nervous and uncomfortable I felt when they confiscated my cellphone. Didn't even realize how addicted I was to it. In my adolescent life, we played and explored outside with neighbors and friends as long as we could. Life felt much more vibrant and I fear it's never coming back.

  • @lpawl89
    @lpawl89 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    If you go on a date with a girl and she is staring at her phone, leave.

  • @marknhopgood
    @marknhopgood หลายเดือนก่อน

    This resonates with me as I am currently weaning myself off smartphone. My first trip was with android and using widgets to display my calendar and keep notes, rather than distracting icons with numbers. Then I tried black and white. At this point I have already turned off voicemail.
    My current step is in having podcasts via an (old school) mp3 player. I configured software to download podcast episodes about sef improvement and philosophy.
    Currently I find no need to use my phone on my daily commute into London.
    I'm now looking at getting rid of the bloat on my computer.
    I try and enjoy the outdoors.

  • @martinsvensson6884
    @martinsvensson6884 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I have some kind of internet/youtube addiction for sure. But I always use the computer... Phone always inherantly feels too small for that. So I never look at my phone if I go outside. Or while talking to people. Never even felt the urge to do that for some reason. Its just when I decide to go inside.

  • @joepeterbilly2922
    @joepeterbilly2922 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Absolutely nailed it Brother. You have a new viewer

  • @T.J
    @T.J 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    No phones no boats no motor cars. Not a single luxury.

    • @AmazingStoryDewd
      @AmazingStoryDewd 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Sounds like hell you'll be stuck in a place if you have no transport

    • @T.J
      @T.J 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@AmazingStoryDewd Like Robinson Crusoe, as primitive as can be.

  • @jacksahagian9719
    @jacksahagian9719 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I’m 20 right now, and it’s crazy to reflect and think about how it’s crazy that people used to live without phones. Pretty sad

  • @patrickdonahue8384
    @patrickdonahue8384 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Cell phones, Keeping a diary for the devil. Think about that for awhile. 😢😢.

  • @Thehorsepowerfarm
    @Thehorsepowerfarm 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Phenomenal. Truly amazing work. I’m proud of you. Creation is the all for me.

  • @mcrow9599
    @mcrow9599 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Every year, i take a tech free camping trip. Clears the mind.

  • @nesspav
    @nesspav 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    "The monstrous stories about messages that weren't there", that hit hard. During isolation hardly anyone(family and friends) reached out to see if I was alright (I lived alone through the whole thing)
    Since then I've cut them all out because I realised what a gift that was to see, how insignificant I was to them and how much energy I wasted thinking about them. Now I have the capacity to create because my life force isn't being drained by assholes constantly taking me for granted 🙏

  • @theguynextdoor4978
    @theguynextdoor4978 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    When I grew up, it was a different world. Kids weren't enslaved to their pads or phones or asked if they identified as neutral, boy or girl in school. Internet at home was a luxury, and charged by the minute. If we exceeded more than an hour a week, the phonebill went through the roof. We rang each other's doors, and we went out playing. People had a real thirst for connections with real people. I am also limiting my consumption. Too much toxic garbage on social media these days.

  • @deadeyeduncan5022
    @deadeyeduncan5022 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's always wild to me how many people have problems with self control, you can have a phone and not be attached to it 24/7. That shouldn't be such a crazy concept.

  • @jckorn9148
    @jckorn9148 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    For a week, call no one, don't reach out, see who contacts you.
    Those are the real ones, forget the rest.
    It hurts, but your energy won't be wasted.

    • @paula2908
      @paula2908 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      During the pandemic I would call ppl to see how they were doing, but aside from my immediate family, nobody checked on me. That's how you find out who really cares. Then everybody found out what it's like to spend time alone and not go out very much. Welcome to my world. It had already been like that for me for a while. I don't use FB, Instagram, x, etc. Just You Tube because you chose your content. But it can still be addicting. But it's a lifesaver for loneliness, looking into other worlds, seeing talent and good people and commenting occasionally.

    • @sonicleaves
      @sonicleaves 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I have social media and no one has contacted me in over a decade. Life is weird. Sometimes I feel like I don't exist.

    • @mikeroland2133
      @mikeroland2133 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@sonicleavesI'm replying to this just to assure that you're recognized and seen.

    • @Zapdos7471
      @Zapdos7471 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      That’s not healthy… it’s another mind game.

    • @TmGRAV3Z
      @TmGRAV3Z 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This mentality heavily assumes the reason for someone’s lack of contact with you is purely negative and punishably negligent. It’s not a very helpful or healthy mindset.

  • @Meliane13888
    @Meliane13888 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for sharing your experience and perspective. Very helpful

  • @Branman345
    @Branman345 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I do like that’s we have knowledge at our finger tips though. As much as smartphones might be hindering us there are things that we can do with smart phones tags we weren’t able to do before. I know what you man and I have learned to monitor and schedule how much I use my phone. It’s all about balance and how much screen time you are participating in. You don’t necessarily have to cut yourself off from the world you can in moderations use this technology. Don’t let it control you be the controller of your technology.

  • @Leignheart
    @Leignheart หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I literally have 0 of these problems. I can set my phone down when needed, and pick it up when needed. Its about self control. I just wish others had more of it.

  • @LucasRodmo
    @LucasRodmo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    One day I will be rich and independent enough to not really need a phone.

  • @joeystracener9804
    @joeystracener9804 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This video feels like the end of the Truman show, when you have that beautiful moment of thinking, "Maybe I should turn the TV off for a while." Well done!

  • @saritasarit
    @saritasarit 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    As someone that grew up in the nighties and had none of this. Stuff growing up, it’s crazy how dependent of it I’ve become. I wish i could just live somewhere didn’t need a cellphone. Banking, children’s school notification, even shopping, everything is on my phone. I hate it.