"When I get out of choir practice, it volunteers, unprompted, that it will take 12 minutes to get home by my usual route."
"When I told her, she said her phone had had the same idea. It keeps trying to get me to put you as wallpaper."
The article explores the relationship between users and their smartphones, highlighting how these devices offer both emotional comfort and practical assistance. The author shares a personal anecdote about reminiscing with a friend through phone-produced memories, emphasizing how smartphones provide reminders for self-care and daily activities. While acknowledging concerns about surveillance capitalism, she finds the connection and support from her phone both oddly reassuring and maternal, illustrating a complex bond between technology and personal well-being.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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