Carlos Whitaker on Disconnecting from Tech, Finding God, and Reclaiming Humanity

The Digital Detox Experiment

• 📱 Carlos Whitaker shares his realization of spending an average of 7 hours and 25 minutes daily on his phone, prompting a seven-week screen-free experiment.
• 🧠 Before the detox, he underwent a brain scan and cognitive testing, motivated by his father's dementia and a desire to understand brain health.
• 🧘 The experiment involved living with Benedictine monks for 14 days of near-total silence and then with an Amish farming family for sheep shearing, alongside three weeks with his own family, all without screens.

Rediscovering Lost Arts

• 💡 The screen-free period led to the rediscovery of