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‘I’m a modern-day luddite’: Meet the students who don’t use laptops (www.dazeddigital.com)
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The vast majority of students rely on laptops – and increasingly AI – to help with their university work. But a small number are going analogue and eschewing tech almost entirely in a bid to re-engage their brains

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[–] Integrate777@discuss.online 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Let me guess. They don't use a laptop, but brag about it endlessly on tiktok with a holier-than-thou attitude? It's just content farming then.

[–] athatet@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Have you seen people on TikTok bragging about this or are you just coming up with hypotheticals for funsies?

[–] Integrate777@discuss.online 0 points 5 days ago

There were trends to switch to dumbphones last year, retro media like vinyl, they always came with a wave of content. Pretty sure video essays about someone using a dumbphone while carrying a camera around town are just doing it for content. This one wouldn't be any different.

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I did something insane: I actually read the article.

The students interviewed used pen and paper because they lack the tempting distractions a laptop/tablet/phone has. One states they feel they "use their brain more" when using a pen and paper. They also mention using a computer to write the final version of an essay for submission, but do most of the work on pen and paper first for the aforementioned reasons.