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# Bill Kauffman has Never Owned a Cell Phone
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/bill-kauffman-has-never-owned-a-cell-phone/
- Published: 2023-03-05T05:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-03-22T01:44:48.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Technology, Briefly, Counter-Conduct

### Kauffman sightings have grown increasingly scarce. It's too bad. He's great. [His most recent offering at ](https://thespectator.com/life/unfortunate-ubiquity-smartphones-technology/?ref=thedailyeudemon.com)[*The Spectator*](https://thespectator.com/life/unfortunate-ubiquity-smartphones-technology/?ref=thedailyeudemon.com) is mediocre (by Kauffman standards), but it's worth posting for the lede itself: he couldn't order a bagel at an airport because he doesn't own a cell phone, much less a smart one. The rest of the short essay is a mild screed against a culture that is banging itself over the head with the cell phone.

### I sometimes wonder what it would be like if I had never owned a cell phone or if I were to get rid of mine. I think it'd be like living like [those ex-hippies in northern California, where they do everything for themselves](https://thedailyeudemon.com/hippies-in-northern-california/). It's idyllic, but man, it's a lot of work . . . and a heckuva lot more work than opting to live a limited existence on the grid, which is probably the smarter option.

### I suspect the same is true with the cell phone. I'd probably need two or three devices to have access to the apps that are truly beneficial (Audible, podcasts, and a few others), whereas I can currently access all of them with just one device. One device is easier and less expensive.

### But what else is that one device costing me? That, I suppose, is the real question.

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