{"product_id":"you-dont-need-a-smartphone","title":"You Don't Need a Smartphone","description":"\u003cp\u003eLamm, August\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrade Paperback, 224 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this revelatory manifesto, anti-tech activist August Lamm gives you the courage and confidence to ditch your smartphone once and for all.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The essential guide to putting down your phone — and coming back to real life.” —Catherine Price, #1 NYT bestselling author of How to Break Up With Your PhoneWhen I owned a smartphone, my life was bad. I knew this. What I did not know was that I had a choice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\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, You Don’t Need a Smartphone 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, You Don’t Need a Smartphone is as urgent and radical as its title, and a new blueprint for a fulfilling life in the Information Age.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PGRH","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48595095847157,"sku":null,"price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0399\/8161\/3205\/files\/You_Don_t_Need_a_Smartphone__A_Practical_Guide_to_Downgrading_Your_Phone_and_Upgrading_Your_Life_-_August_Lamm.jpg?v=1786776724","url":"https:\/\/storycupboard.com\/products\/you-dont-need-a-smartphone","provider":"Story Cupboard Book Fairs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}