Comments by "John h Palmer" (@johnhpalmer6098) on "Why we can't focus." video.

  1. First wave Gen Xer, born in 1965, so will be 60 next month and I grew up before the advent of the internet and got my first smart phone in 2012 with the Blackberry Storm (1st gen), that said, I don't have much in the way of social media accounts, don't do Pinterest, Tik Tok etc, though I do have an account with Instagram, mostly for my YT channel, of which I need to get back to, and am working on projects that are not quite ready for editing yet. That said, phones today are needed, and why I got my first, a basic Nokia in 1998, and at that time, with Voicestream (now T-Moble) and it was very limited and cost me $10 a month I think it was. Mostly to be able to call for help if the car broke down. Not that it did all that often as even though I was driving cars that were 9-10 years old when I got them, keeping most about 4-7 years, being able to call for help was the main reason. These days, it's my only phone and most family members communicate with me via text, but I don't live by text messaging and often do not use the phone a lot as I often prefer to do stuff on the desktop where it's easier to see etc. Also, I'm job searching and run into the issue of many phone calls are not identified, go to spam automatically and thus no messages. I do more than online stuff, but I do often do research online and write scripts, then I edit videos, stuff like that on the computer. I also have been known to generate PDF's, many of them fillable. Used to do faxes, but no longer have a landline and many places now have it so no fax, though most businesses still do. So while I generally do not utilize the phone for passive use all that much, I do keep it on but it's in the background and when shooting on the road with my GoPro, it then becomes my "remote" with Quik to start/stop the camera, and make any adjustments to ProTunes as needed. Otherwise, I leve it in its holder while driving. Will say though, used to be a voracious reader when much younger. Much of what I read now is online documents and articles. Also, am neurodivergent so not as likely to bury my face into the phone while out and about as I like to keep my wits about me and be aware of my surrounding. In fact, don't wear headphones, generally as well.
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