A group of New York City teens are seeking to free themselves from their phones and social media. Would you want to join their club?
Do you ever feel you have become too dependent on your phone? Do you find yourself consumed by social media and the need to endlessly chase likes? Are you ever exhausted by the thought of scrolling through yet one more picture-perfect Instagram selfie?
Well, if you answered yes to any of these questions, there’s a club for you! In “‘Luddite’ Teens Don’t Want Your Likes,” Alex Vadukul writes about a group of teenagers who are trying to break free of their phones:
On a brisk recent Sunday, a band of teenagers met on the steps of Central Library on Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn to start the weekly meeting of the Luddite Club, a high school group that promotes a lifestyle of self-liberation from social media and technology. As the dozen teens headed into Prospect Park, they hid away their iPhones — or, in the case of the most devout members, their flip phones, which some had decorated with stickers and nail polish.
