Although I do agree that disconnecting with 'dumbphones' mitigate your risk of easy distractions, I do not agree, however that the 'dumbphone' user is in fact better off with any advantage over a smartphone user. One can easily compare the personal computer to the mega computers we used to have that used to take up a whole room. If there was a consensus to retreat and not embrace new technology then we may be still in a day without personal computers. Innovation would have stagnated and seized to evolve. Whether or not this individual decides to ever embrace a smartphone he may find himself forced to eventually embrace the smartphone as 'dumbphones' begin to be obsolete just as fixed car phones or beepers have become.