Writing
Longer-form essays on the claims this project rests on — why current tools fail, what a phone on your side would feel like, and why the companies that could ship it won’t.
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Why Don't Google, Apple, Samsung Want to Build Features That Help Reduce Scrolling Time?
Like, obviously because they make money when you don't. But how?
Corporate leadership faces pressure to grow companies or risk replacement by shareholders, yet this growth imperative creates tension with building products that benefit user mental health.
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What would it mean for a phone to care about you?
From h8r to superhuman guardian angel
I want to give you a felt sense of possibility. I feel like current smartphones all look and behave about the same in the big picture, and I want to gesture at some unexplored possibility space that makes this picture clear.
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Project Brief: A Phone That Cares About You
Lightphone Failed Because Restriction On One Level Recreates Internal Conflict You’re Trying To Resolve On Another
Phones are not even trying to help you live a balanced life. Once you open an app or website, phones and computers become passive rebroadcasters of whatever a social media company feels like sending. They do not care if you watch for 5 minutes or 50 hours.
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