Opinion: Offline devices will be like going to the gym for your brain
every · x · 2026-08-30
Writer Craig Mod argues that as automation and AI expand, people will crave digital spaces free from AI, much like a desert wanderer seeking an oasis. Having offline software or devices will become a precondition for honing one's individual voice.
He posits that just as having a phone on the table drains cognitive capacity, the presence of AI in an application—which allows fixing sentences or generating ideas instantly—short-circuits thinking. Mod has maintained a 15-year routine of internet-free mornings with offline devices to preserve deep thought.
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