You Don’t Need a Smartphone with August Lamm

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Thinking about ditching your smartphone? Curious how you could practically make that happen? Anti-tech activist August Lamm is here to help with a kind and practical roadmap to help you cut ties with the tech that is taking over your life. Join us in our Grand Rapids event studio on October 29th for a discussion and celebration of You Don’t Need a Smartphone. We love seeing who is planning to join us! Your RSVP helps us prepare to host you. You can RSVP here: https://events.humanitix.com/august-lamm-sbgr About the Book: In this revelatory manifesto, anti-tech activist August Lamm gives you the courage and confidence to ditch your smartphone once and for all. “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 Phone When I owned a smartphone, my life was bad. I knew this. What I did not know was that I had a choice. August 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. Lamm 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. About the Author: August Lamm is a writer, artist, and anti-tech activist. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times and The Guardian, and she has spoken on NBC and NPR about the impact of technology on modern life. Her debut novel is forthcoming from Vintage.

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Schuler Books

1982 W Grand River Ave, Okemos, MI 48864

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