We need a movement for offline spaces, just like walkable cities.

Faraday cage environments where phones and laptops simply don’t work. 

Libraries with pencil and paper and no distractions.

Laptops without WiFi chips, so you can type offline and then sync back manually via USB or Ethernet when you want.

Restaurants with phone lockers at the front, where everyone must check in devices beforehand.

What else?

Yes to this. We need it culturally too. I went to see Trey Anastasio play an acoustic show the other night and I didn’t see a single phone up recording. I’m sure some people took some snippets but they did it very discreetly. It was a sign of respect from the audience and a collective commitment to being in the moment. It was cool

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Been working on it a bit with /blackflag .  We fund people who host IRL events every month.  It’s all grassroots and volunteer, but encouraging IRL events is super important IMHO

Reporter at Drop Site News, co-host at Breaking Points/Counter Points

Startup artist seeking inspiration.  Champion of /bcard

Drop Site is trying to host some IRL events

Been working on it a bit with /blackflag .  We fund people who host IRL events every month.  It’s all grassroots and volunteer, but encouraging IRL events is super important IMHO

https://blackflagcollective.org/

Lesson in there. Wookies grew up to be good people. 

Phish! Trey! 

Lot scenes were always kinda a utopia…

Phish people are just different 🤔😏🙃

🤝 This is what I’m talking about with startup societies!!

I would love to see opt-in experiments like this that selectively constrain tech offline. Sort of like the 140 character limit for Twitter was so counterintuitive initially, but helped make the medium.

Personally, I use pen/paper or whiteboard offline maybe 50% of the time and it’s extremely helpful for deep thinking.

That’s awesome. Live performances are really best experienced when the whole room is focused on the show, in the moment.