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When couples want to disconnect from smartphones but fear social isolation

My partner and I have been talking about getting rid of our smartphones and going back to flip phones but we keep chickening out because we're afraid of being the only people who can't coordinate with friends or navigate anywhere and we don't know how to take this leap together without feeling completely isolated.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people are trying to reclaim something essential but are caught between their shared vision and their shared fears of what they might lose.

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“Where Are You with Fire and the first human technology?”

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