I got to the office this morning and couldn’t find my phone. I phoned home (on the landline), and Mrs M confirmed my suspicion that it was still plugged in to the charger in the kitchen. Aarrgh! I felt naked and adrift. Now, I am not a great mobile user. I’m not forever checking stuff.Continue reading “The day I left my auxiliary brain at home”
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whyPhone?
In my talk to a group of international post-grad students, there was a section about consumerism in relation to climate change. I critiqued our addiction to more stuff and to the latest thing and advocated a simple life that used less of the earth’s resources. At the end, I invited questions. The first question was,Continue reading “whyPhone?”
Alex Mabbs 