[em-bee]

that's a great point. i guess i can say the same about how i interact with my computer, but for me there is a different quality to it. while the computer and phone and various messaging apps or forums like hackernews are often my only social interaction, so i spend a lot of time on that in search for someone to connect to, i also have all notifications off on all devices, and i expressly do not allow other entities to feed me stimuli when they deem it fit, to the point that you can't even call me because i won't hear the phone ring. i want to be in control.

there is of course a balance to it. not getting notifications means i spend more time checking for new messages than i would if notifications were on, but at the same time i also forget to check for messages when i am actually focused on something, which i think is the more important aspect of it.

so i am immersed with my tools only as an extension of my self, controlling the tools to do what i want them to do without giving up any of that control to anyone else. (at least so i like to think)