This week we had to watch another Black Mirror episode called “The Entire History of You”. This jam packed episode is about a chip that is placed inside your neck that allows you to access your past memories and play them for yourself or for others. With this chip you are also able to zoom in and turn on a lip reading option which I personally thought was very cool. Throughout the episode Liam has to go through a very painful process of investigating the history of his wife and an ignorant character named Jonas. Personally while watching this I really felt sorry for Liam. My family has had to go through the type of behavior that he dealt with in this episode and its one of the hardest things you can possibly have to deal with and get through in your life. It changes you and you can really see how Liam changes throughout the episode as well. At one point in the episode he even says “this isn’t me”.
I feel like if we had this technology in our society today, a lot of people would think twice about the things they do and the decisions they make. I also feel like a lot of the bad decisions that people make wouldn’t even happen because of this technology kind of like keeping us in check, even though I’m pretty sure there is a way to delete memories.The chip would definitely lead to us making more honest and truthful decisions as well. Although I really like the thought of the chip and its a good idea, it would be terrible in our society today. I feel like it would really only benefit the justice system which is a great thing and also crime would be reduced because of this. But it would negatively impact the trust in relationships and ultimately lead to a ton of conflict, but that’s just my personal opinion.
I did in fact attempt not to use my phone as much the last couple of days. Lets just say I didn’t do so well. I think it was at about the hour mark without using it that I was getting anxiety, like who’s texting me and I really wanted to scroll through my own social media. But then I remembered from the zoom meeting we asked about setting a reminder on a phone to just take a deep breath, so I did this and it actually really helps!!! It really relieves yourself of anxiety. I also remembered us talking about appreciating nature and we only have so much time on this beautiful planet and Im not gonna waste so much time on my phone.You only get one life and you shouldn’t spend six hours of it a day on your phone scrolling through social media. So I took a breath and went for a run and then got some food with my brothers after. And in total I went without my phone for about 4 hours or so. Its a good start but I think I can do better. I think we all can do better and enjoy/embrace the world without our phones for a while.
How long can you go without your phone?
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This is a good question, because I think you can take it more than one way. How long CAN I go without my phone? Well, I think if I had no phone and no means to get another one, I would definitely survive. I’d find other ways to communicate, I would plan better, I would make more lists, so on and so forth. How long do I WANT to go without my phone? Chances are, not very long. I’ve experimented in the past, turning off my phone to do homework or leaving it behind when I’m leaving the house for awhile, but the first thing I do when i’m done or when I get back is check who texted me or what notifications I missed.
Also, I like what you said about social media/technology keeping us in check. I think that that’s one of the good things about it. It makes people hold themselves accountable. As we’ve seen in the Black Mirror episode, some people will still refuse to accept responsibility until there is hard evidence.
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I’ve toggled this question, of how long can I really go without my phone, of course I go hours at work, but at home or anywhere else, I’m always on something, and always get all my notifications. I have all Apple products, and I wear my watch 24/7 that gets all of my notifications and even my laptop has all my texts come through while I’m on it. I’ve recently picked up diamond painting, and I notice myself stopped because I got a Facebook or an ESPN notification and a half an hour later I’m still scrolling. I don’t even mean to, it just happens without me even realizing it. It’s just so damn addicting it’s hard to just be better.
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Hey, I am sorry about what happened to your family. I can understand that how bad it feels to rethink those bad memories that you permanently want to erase. I think you are doing good by controlling your use of cell phone. I tried to but I always fail and get back to my phone in like a half an hour. I think It’s still good that we try to change our lives even at this point too. Because it’s not too late to have a change
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