{"product_id":"you-dont-need-a-smartphone-a-practical-guide-to-downgrading-your-phone-and-upgrading-your-life","title":"You Don't Need a Smartphone: A Practical Guide to Downgrading Your Phone and Upgrading Your Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this revelatory manifesto, anti-tech activist August Lamm gives you the courage and confidence to ditch your smartphone once and for all. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The essential guide to putting down your phone -- and coming back to real life.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Catherine Price, #1 NYT bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Break Up With Your Phone\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen I owned a smartphone, my life was bad. I knew this. What I did not know was that I had a choice.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAugust Lamm wasted her youth on the internet. In her late twenties, burnt out as a social media influencer, she sold her smartphone and switched to a dumb phone. Immediately, her mental health improved, her attention span increased, and her curiosity returned. Since then, she has made it her mission to help others do the same. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLamm started using a smartphone at age 14, so she knows how it feels to come of age glued to a screen--and how hard it is to break free. Filled with moving stories and practical suggestions, \u003ci\u003eYou Don't Need a Smartphone\u003c\/i\u003e proves that living without a computer in your pocket is not only possible but ideal. Offering guidance on selecting a new phone, navigating without GPS, meeting people offline, and overcoming obstacles like digital tickets and dual-factor authentication, \u003ci\u003eYou Don't Need a Smartphone\u003c\/i\u003e is as urgent and radical as its title, and a new blueprint for a fulfilling life in the Information Age.","brand":"August Lamm","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52838728532199,"sku":"9798217009077","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0913\/8151\/files\/9798217009077-us.jpg?v=1792095036","url":"https:\/\/neighborbookstx.com\/products\/you-dont-need-a-smartphone-a-practical-guide-to-downgrading-your-phone-and-upgrading-your-life","provider":"Neighbor Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}