Indeed He is risen! Glory to God for your escape. ZeroHedge was the last bit of news media I had to detox myself from - it's taken a year but I'm glad to be out.
It's been great to read about your embrace of the "dumbphone" - I took the degoogled/zero-SIM route to similar effect. It definitely fosters a spirit of intentionality, at the very least. At some point people will have to address the surveillance aspect of this technology just as much as the ascetical but I fear that will only come as a matter of necessity in future persecution.
The one aspect of mobile comms I found myself missing was the ability to contact my wife out of the house. It's an extreme option but I built a piece of software called Direbox (https://direbox.net/) that allows for low-speed text messaging over radio frequencies within a ~150 mile radius with no Internet.
I don't think most people are ready for this level of "digital asceticism" yet but maybe someday! The idea was borne of a lit candle during Dormition in 2023, after which I got stuck behind a Boomer driving 20 under with an amateur radio vanity plate.
Brother -- utter genius. I can see the semi-disconnected, low-surveillance phone as a great waystation for people on this path; there are many ways it can be done, appropriate to the needs/lives of the individual. I use a LightPhone for contacting my wife when I'm away from the computer (I talk about that stuff here -- https://www.chansonetoiles.com/p/ai-is-not-the-demon-your-phone-is). And *I am now that Boomer driving under 20*! (I hang out on the right on the freeway portion of my morning commute, driving 50 with the tractor trailers!)
this was such a timely and wonderful read. I know substack allows a certain amount of "socializing," with some very handy limits, so it's nice to have that option. i hope you keep writing on here, but even if you don't i will be so happy to know that you are pursuing the Truest things. thank you
Seraphim of Sarov was my patron saint. I’m not sure if that ever came up in our conversations. It’s the one icon in our home that I feel most connection with.
I love that you are finding peace and joy away from the machine. You were recently mentioned, just today I think, in your old internet stomping grounds. You are missed, but I understand. I directed them to your Substack, btw.
I don’t even use that space how I used to. The long back and forths have been replaced with more sparse creative writing. I write aphorisms and other thoughts, which I then compile and share here.
I so much prefer it here. More depth and less neurotic fixation.
I did know that he was your patron, but forgot until just now! He has an especially "universal" character. And thank you for your kind words... I agree about here, though I'm vigilant and will probably retreat to an old fashioned blog if this place gets more Twittery.
Indeed He is risen! Glory to God for your escape. ZeroHedge was the last bit of news media I had to detox myself from - it's taken a year but I'm glad to be out.
It's been great to read about your embrace of the "dumbphone" - I took the degoogled/zero-SIM route to similar effect. It definitely fosters a spirit of intentionality, at the very least. At some point people will have to address the surveillance aspect of this technology just as much as the ascetical but I fear that will only come as a matter of necessity in future persecution.
The one aspect of mobile comms I found myself missing was the ability to contact my wife out of the house. It's an extreme option but I built a piece of software called Direbox (https://direbox.net/) that allows for low-speed text messaging over radio frequencies within a ~150 mile radius with no Internet.
I don't think most people are ready for this level of "digital asceticism" yet but maybe someday! The idea was borne of a lit candle during Dormition in 2023, after which I got stuck behind a Boomer driving 20 under with an amateur radio vanity plate.
Brother -- utter genius. I can see the semi-disconnected, low-surveillance phone as a great waystation for people on this path; there are many ways it can be done, appropriate to the needs/lives of the individual. I use a LightPhone for contacting my wife when I'm away from the computer (I talk about that stuff here -- https://www.chansonetoiles.com/p/ai-is-not-the-demon-your-phone-is). And *I am now that Boomer driving under 20*! (I hang out on the right on the freeway portion of my morning commute, driving 50 with the tractor trailers!)
Just looked up the Direbox and -- God bless you! Buying one soon! Genius! Telling all my crazy friends about it.
this was such a timely and wonderful read. I know substack allows a certain amount of "socializing," with some very handy limits, so it's nice to have that option. i hope you keep writing on here, but even if you don't i will be so happy to know that you are pursuing the Truest things. thank you
Seraphim of Sarov was my patron saint. I’m not sure if that ever came up in our conversations. It’s the one icon in our home that I feel most connection with.
I love that you are finding peace and joy away from the machine. You were recently mentioned, just today I think, in your old internet stomping grounds. You are missed, but I understand. I directed them to your Substack, btw.
I don’t even use that space how I used to. The long back and forths have been replaced with more sparse creative writing. I write aphorisms and other thoughts, which I then compile and share here.
I so much prefer it here. More depth and less neurotic fixation.
I did know that he was your patron, but forgot until just now! He has an especially "universal" character. And thank you for your kind words... I agree about here, though I'm vigilant and will probably retreat to an old fashioned blog if this place gets more Twittery.