Mindfulness
fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoPeople who keep their phone face-down on every surface they sit at often aren't being polite, many are quietly trying to stop a nervous system that learned, over years of being on-call, to flinch at every notification - Silicon Canals
Face-down phone gestures often function as nervous-system management, reducing cues from unpredictable notifications rather than signaling genuine courtesy.