Phone Free Will
One TV producer's 1,000 hour experiment in deliberately doing nothing on his commute. A very funny, very serious investigation into what the phone is doing to the mind - and what you find when you put it down. Neuroscience, ancient wisdom, an Evil Advisor
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Why don’t you just read a book?
I wouldn’t want to invade people’s privacy by taking photos of them enjoying reading on the Surbiton commute. This stock photo is roughly what it looks like.
It’s nearly the final episode of Phone Free Will’s summer shorts. Reader question...
I stopped checking my screen time
Phone Free Will’s Summer Shorts continues. Answers to reader questions, weird miscellany.
The most common question I get asked - why don’t you just cut down your screen time like normal people do?
Very fair.
In the years after I made my...
So You Just Scrolled...
I’m not a big TikTok user, but if this advert at the station is anything to go by it looks like a very compelling place of learning - I can see why people like it
This is the second of a little handful of shorter summer essays - some reade...
Driving In Silence
It’s summer, so for the next few weeks it’s time for a little change in format: Phone Free Will Summer Shorts. Answers to reader questions and yet more humiliating admissions. Then back to normal in September.
A few people have written lov...
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The other day we were all out enjoying the sun.
Well… some of us were enjoying the sun.
Others were enjoying the sun and not looking at our phones, which is similar but not quite the same.
But then a...
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Turns out my phone was making everything I love more boring. So I'm spending 1,000 hours doing absolutely nothing on my commute to find out why. I'm Will - a TV producer, father and High Vis Idiot. If your phone is eating your life, this is for you.
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