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blackbootz  ·  2155 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Cal Newport on Why We'll Look Back at Our Smartphones Like Cigarettes

I’ve had this idea for a product. A box that you set up at home that detects when you, or more specifically, your phone comes home. Then it turns your phone off to a degree you specify in the box’s settings (say, limit all internet connectivity + no phone calls after 7pm, or shut off the phone completely within the geofence of my room, etc.). The box ought to be designed in such a way than it’s not trivial to reset it, which would prevent all but the most urgent of urges to get on your phone (which for my case is 98% of the urges I get; a bored look at my phone, a peruse of apps after I end a call and the home screen is just up, etc.)

Is this a product for the digitally minimal future?

Also, what’s a good community tag for this kind of thing? We seem to talk about it often.