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As technology prevails in nearly every aspect of our lives, some young people are opting to go phone-free in order to live in the moment.
USA Today Youth Mental Health Reporter Rachel Hale went to an underground phone-free party in New York City and wrote about her experience and observations.
She also lost track of time.
She joins us now.
We'll get to the losing track of time in a little bit, but first of all, tell us, what is the appeal here?
Why why are people drawn to a party that specifically advertises being phone-free?
Yeah, I think for young people, there's a little bit of this fear in the back of their minds of is there a photo that's going to end up of me online tomorrow or, you know, can I not dance as freely because it might be recorded?
But it's more than just that.
It's also that having this social barrier kind of lowered makes it easier for people to talk to strangers or, you know, approach friends who they haven't seen in a while.
So, I think that it's definitely the attraction is a natural thing to it.
>> So, not completely altruistic.
Maybe they don't want, you know, to end up on the 'gram the next day, but it is really hard to spark a conversation when someone's just looking down at their phone and engrossed in media.
How are people hearing about these events?
A little bit of the irony is that you kind of have to be offline sometimes to find out about these.
So, it was a mix of the people I spoke to at this party, a mix of word of mouth, analog advertisement methods like flyers, but also low-tech newsletters, things like Red Calendar, you know, people finding out about this a lot of times through friends.
The idea is that you shouldn't just have to be on Instagram to find out about events like this.
What effects did you notice when you were there compared to other events where people are constantly on their phones?
This was really unique for me.
I'm 24, so I was the target age range that these types of events are trying to look for.
I had never been to a party like that without my phone, and at first I kind of stuck close to the friends that I brought with me.
How many times did you reach for it?
>> Oh my gosh, I can't even count. Like multiple times.
But by the end of the night, it was like I was so happy that it wasn't there.
I was like, I know I'm going to scroll after this and I'm going to get the dopamine rush when I go on Instagram, but right
now it's all on pause.
It was like a utopian world where none of those other societal pressures existed for a little bit in those two hours.
Were you able to keep that going in any other aspects of your life?
Like or did it make you rethink your own relationship to your phone?
I think it left me coming away, I thought about this on the train home.
It left me questioning a little bit because I think me and many of the partygoers there are not giving up our smartphones,
but it made me think, oh, you know, maybe it would be nice if my friends and I decided we're all going to put these away when we're at one of our apartments or when we're going out, you know, and
so I think it led to a little bit of questioning about my relationship with technology.
We have 30 seconds left.
Anything else you want to tell us about this party that you think stuck out to
you?
Yeah, I would say just that this is not in isolation.
There have been other really popular Brooklyn and Queens clubs that have enacted phone-free policies on the dance floor.
We've seen Andrew Yang's parties get more than 1,600 RSVPs.
So, I think this is a growing movement extending beyond New York, too.
Wow, Rachel Hale, thank you so much.
Thank you.
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