"A societal norm that encourages the use of digital devices",this is why I feel like my efforts to move more offline is futile,especially as more establishments are being more reliant on online things/QR its really frustrating tbh.I understand its convenience but I dislike how in most societies its almost mandatory to have a smartphone.Although its not a wild thing as most people,here in the UK,have a phone, it's as important as water-you cant go for up to 3 days without it in daily life.I would want to switch to a dumbphone and be more reliant on my laptop,however it'll be a meticulous process with communication,or if my educational establishment demands everyone to have some app on our phones I cannot obtain.
Sorry for long comment I suppose,lovely article.
Whats your opinion as using a journal for memory and productivity?Can a journal make people less reliant on their internal memory like a phone?(w/o too much impact)
Agreed. I hope this trend reverses or more accessibility options are added.
As far as the journal, there are advantages for memory reproduction because of the physical interaction between your brain, the pen, and paper. The problem is not offloading the information from your brain. The issue that researchers have observed is the medium to store those memories. If it's a physical object (journal, notepad, etc.), it enhances the experience of memory collection/retrieval. If it's a digital medium, the outcome of memory retrieval is significantly poorer. The studies I've seen seem to indicate that it is because the smartphone interaction contains so many random things and push so much info that our brains can't locate the specific note and when we wrote it on the phone.
Smartphones are worse mediums for memory because of the lack of motor skills involved in the operation (tapping vs writing) and overload of information coming from them. So yes! Journal and journal often. It will improve your memory because of the physicality of the medium!
"A societal norm that encourages the use of digital devices",this is why I feel like my efforts to move more offline is futile,especially as more establishments are being more reliant on online things/QR its really frustrating tbh.I understand its convenience but I dislike how in most societies its almost mandatory to have a smartphone.Although its not a wild thing as most people,here in the UK,have a phone, it's as important as water-you cant go for up to 3 days without it in daily life.I would want to switch to a dumbphone and be more reliant on my laptop,however it'll be a meticulous process with communication,or if my educational establishment demands everyone to have some app on our phones I cannot obtain.
Sorry for long comment I suppose,lovely article.
Whats your opinion as using a journal for memory and productivity?Can a journal make people less reliant on their internal memory like a phone?(w/o too much impact)
Agreed. I hope this trend reverses or more accessibility options are added.
As far as the journal, there are advantages for memory reproduction because of the physical interaction between your brain, the pen, and paper. The problem is not offloading the information from your brain. The issue that researchers have observed is the medium to store those memories. If it's a physical object (journal, notepad, etc.), it enhances the experience of memory collection/retrieval. If it's a digital medium, the outcome of memory retrieval is significantly poorer. The studies I've seen seem to indicate that it is because the smartphone interaction contains so many random things and push so much info that our brains can't locate the specific note and when we wrote it on the phone.
Smartphones are worse mediums for memory because of the lack of motor skills involved in the operation (tapping vs writing) and overload of information coming from them. So yes! Journal and journal often. It will improve your memory because of the physicality of the medium!
Thanks for this info Jose!I'll definitely write more in the future(I hoard alot of old journals).
I pray for a better future in terms of how this global society priorities digital over physical life.