{"id":8501,"date":"2017-03-11T09:57:50","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T15:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=8501"},"modified":"2017-03-11T09:57:50","modified_gmt":"2017-03-11T15:57:50","slug":"clashing-waves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2017\/03\/11\/clashing-waves\/","title":{"rendered":"Clashing Waves"},"content":{"rendered":"

I see on USAA<\/strong><\/em> that they believe<\/a> digital wallets are the wave of the future, and provide a primer:<\/p>\n

The digital wallet in your smartphone may soon replace credit and debit cards<\/strong> as the benefits and simplicity of paying with your phone make reaching for plastic or cash inconvenient.<\/p>\n

A digital wallet \u2014 often called a mobile wallet \u2014 is accessed through an app on your smartphone <\/strong>or other mobile device and enables you to digitally store and access items typically found in a physical wallet.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Among their advantages:<\/p>\n

By assigning virtual device account numbers to cards, mobile payments are secure<\/strong> and do not use actual debit or credit card numbers when making a purchase. Fingerprint or passcode authentication adds an extra security layer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But will you have<\/em> a smartphone? Andrew Sullivan wonders<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Since I wrote about digital addiction, I\u2019ve been constantly and understandably asked what might be the antidote. Well, here\u2019s one: the dumbphone. Nokia is now making the once-beloved 3310 model<\/a> again \u2014 and the new ones look pretty cool. You can call and text but you\u2019re not carrying around that addiction device called a tiny mobile computer. They\u2019re a fraction of the cost of a smartphone \u2014 and have a variety of uses, as this great review<\/a> in The Atlantic<\/i> explains. You can use it in places where a smartphone might be easily damaged; or as a replacement for the home landline; as a way to stay in touch while staying sane. Sadly, the new ones aren\u2019t yet available in the U.S. \u2014 but the demand, I suspect, could be huge. Think of them like the extraordinary revival of vinyl for music \u2014 a return to the actual pleasure of a simple activity, a reminder that change isn\u2019t always for the better, that the past is always retrievable in the present. We don\u2019t have to be trapped in our culture. We can choose to defy it. Increasingly, it seems to me, we must.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Nokia offering will constitute experimental closure: will the utility offered by the smartphone outweigh the distraction that comes with it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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