Most people I know don’t have such heavy objections to technology. They are pragmatists. Most of the time they find their phones and connectivity useful, but sometimes they don’t. Sometimes all the texts and Twitter messages seem to strengthen bonds, but other times they weaken them. They understand that the technology isn’t forcing them to do anything, even if they suspect that it guides their actions in ways that they need to be aware of.
And for the past couple of days, a great example of this kind of thinking has been making its way around the Tumblr ecosystem. A San Francisco dancer named Brian ‘Lil B’ Perez and his friends came up with a game to constrain their cellphone use when they’re out having dinner. Here are the simple rules…
