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‘Dumb’ Homes

JL;DR SUMMARY Danielle Directo-Meston, living in tech-saturated Los Angeles, has adopted a 'dumb home' lifestyle by using analog devices like a rotary phone instead of modern digital gadgets. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Digital DetoxSilicon ValleyChild DevelopmentScreen TimeFamily CommunicationTechnology BacklashDumb HomeAnalog DevicesRotary PhoneLifestyle Choice

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Los Angeles, California, United States
"The landline rang at Danielle Directo-Mestons Los Angeles home."

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