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Dream technology is weird (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 50 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I think the issue is that devices with screens are usually meant to be your window to experience something else. When you get immersed in something, you forget about the device and focus on the experience.

I like playing games, and when I get into a game the focus is on the game itself, not the controller/TV/etc. I've had dreams about games, but it's always me experiencing the game directly and not focused at all on the details of how I'm accessing the game.

I think it's the same with phone use, but the experiences we get on a phone are harder to imagine as a"direct experience". Things like sending a text message don't convert well to a fully immersive experience, so I think our brain skips over them.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 22 hours ago

Hm I occasionally dream about getting messages or seeing/doing something on social media, but I never use a device when doing so. It's just the isolated experience. It doesn't happen very often but when it does it's the only content of the dream.