Do we use tools, or do tools use us?

Shai Schechter • 2021

Early draft

Stream of consciousness, not edited yet!

Coming soon

Notes -

  • penknife: pick it up when we have a use for it, then set it down
  • whereas phone: sometimes that’s true. sometimes we find ourselves scrolling ‘mindlessly’
  • same for laptop
  • and the thinking mind!! tool to be used and then set down vs incessant stream of (often self-destructive) thought
  • low-level addiction - it takes us away from some kind of discomfort
  • what does it look like to only use these things, and not be used by them? intention. laptop - sit down, get up.