Commentary: I’ve lived into my 40s without ever owning a smartphone. Hopefully I’ll never have to
by Stacy Torres, Los Angeles Times
May 31, 2023
3 minutes
I’ve never had a smartphone or used social media, and I’m in my 40s, so when I see young people like 17-year-old Logan Lane and those in her “Luddite Club” take a stand and pause the technology that’s been in their lives since birth I am in awe.
Poverty made me a late adopter. I had no computer throughout college nor any phone — not even a landline — in my early 20s. My
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