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The Luddite Manifesto makes a powerful, deeply felt argument for ditching social media and smart phones, written by someone who was handed her first iPhone in the fifth grade.

Young adulthood is an ideal time to ditch the smartphone and to start building systems in our lives that promote offline community rather than hyperconnectivity. Though there have been many technocritical bestsellers in recent years, none have been written by a digital native nor by someone who has walked this walk.

Through Logan’s personal story, beautifully told yet never unrelatable, those of us who have thought, “I wish I could throw this phone into the river,” can learn from someone who actually did it. She does not shy away from the difficulties a twenty-first century Luddite faces, but her case for all that is gained – community, agency, tangibility, a more secure sense of self – couldn’t be more compelling.

 

Logan Lane, the founder of The Luddite Club. She decided to turn off her iPhone during the pandemic and carry only a flip phone. Now, she is a student of comparative literature at Oberlin College, and she still lives without a smartphone.

The Luddite Club is a team of former screenagers turning their student-led club into a nonprofit, connecting young people to the communities and the knowledge to conquer big tech’s addictive agendas themselves. It started in a Brooklyn high school and has since expanded to ten clubs in the US and one in Brazil.