Most of the time these days, the only way I can get out of endless meetings and rounds of emails is to have a plausible reason to not be near my phone. This is not a good thing.
There is something freeing about leaving my phone at home. All of a sudden I have gone dark, cybernetically invisible, off the grid.
At such times, nobody can reach me except the person I am physically with, and therefore I can be completely in the moment. It’s odd to realize that until a mere three decades ago, this was our usual state of being.
As smart glasses gradually replace smart phones, there will be times when we will wish we didn’t have them. Yes, our smart glasses will let us experience infinite worlds. But something that can liberate you can also bind you.
Sometimes I will simply want to be away from all those endless ways to connect. If anybody later asks me why they couldn’t find me, I might just say “I forgot my glasses.”