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A small but growing movement wants you to put down your phone. But first read this
Dan Fox’s gatherings draw more than a dozen millennials who trade screens for conversation, reading and crafts for about two hours.
- On March 25, more than a dozen millennials gathered at organizer Dan Fox's Brooklyn home for a weekly phone-free social night, storing smartphones in a metal colander before two hours of reading and conversation.
- Co-Founder Ilya Kneppelhout describes the club as a way to prioritize "connecting with yourself through creative activities," reflecting a growing movement against corporate harvesting of human attention.
- Attendees engage in low-tech activities like knitting and playing games, with guests expressing relief about the absence of phones allowing them to feel deeply connected to one another.
- This weekly gathering offers respite from constant tracking and notifications of Big Tech firms, providing guests a distraction-free environment to reclaim focus and presence.
- Similar chapters have appeared globally, signaling a broader push for digital detox as participants seek to reclaim time from the omnipresent screen and corporate attention harvesting.
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