Day 258: Opium

Dinner Menu:

• Rôti de Chapon à la romertopf
• Pommes de terres et carottes au four
• Salade verte

Yesterday Theo came home from school and asked me if he could swap his smartphone for one of the old Samsung "dumb" flip phones that I have in my old electronics drawer.  He wanted to remove the temptation of constant calls for attention from youtube, whatsapp, internet, etc which he felt was a too easy distraction from concentrating on school work.   Even though it seems very radical, I completely understand his approach.  Its similar to my approach to eating I find it difficult to limit myself, it's easier for me to fast completely than to just reduce.   I would be tempted to do the same thing except that I do find my smartphone useful for non-social media apps (Scooters, Maps, E-mail, Newspapers, travel & Banking).    I would definitely buy a smartphone which did not allow me to have any social media or entertainment apps.

It seems that the opium of the proletariat has gone from religion to television and is now social media.