Technology
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Internet outage world map
Did you know? At the beginning of 2022, the Philippines’ internet penetration rate was 68.0 percent of the total population. So if you just look up from your smartphone when you go out, you’ll see how most people you come across are holding one or using one. How dependent are you on the internet these days? I Read more
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Gatherings and how we almost always end up scrolling through our phones
Yes, yes, yes. I’ve already told you quite a few times in writing how since I’ve been using my dumbphone, I can see more about what’s happing around me when everybody else begins to tune out of the group and tune into their phones. So as I was sitting at a small birthday party for Read more
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I have snapped out of it
Using a dumbphone for almost two months forced me to be in the moment. What else should I do with those hands? Where should you put your eyes? And the more I get disconnected from the device, the more I feel connected with those around me. Even if it means they’re hooked with their devices Read more
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Are you ready when the Internet disappears?
This scenario is based from our monthly scenario club at the Urgent Optimists. Urgent Optimists is a community that brings “together people who want to feel authentically hopeful about the future, and who are working to create positive transformation in society and in their own lives.” I’m a member of Urgent Optimists, and I think Read more
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Good with words (Midjourney edition)
I am at a loss for words. I have this picture in my head, but the words that seem fitting to describe it slip out of the tip of my tongue. The image was clear in my mind. A clean city with solar photovoltaics installed on the rooftops. I imagined it as an aerial shot, Read more
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