Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Says He Doesn’t Own A Laptop, Explains Why

The times that we live in, distractions are plenty and attention span is lesser than that of a goldfish. It’s not just television and movies anymore, it’s everything – phones, laptops, tablets, cars – everything.

It is no surprise then that people need a social and social media detox every once in a while.

Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, however, said at a press breakfast in Sydney, Australia that he doesn’t have a laptop. At all. Like he literally doesn’t own a laptop.

According to Mashable, the co-founder of Twitter says he does everything on his smartphone. He said,

“I don’t have a laptop, no, I do everything on my phone.”

When asked the reason for this, he said because he wanted to reduce the amount of distraction. He wants to focus on one thing at a time, one app at a time, and laptops don’t allow that.

“It was important to me because I turn off my notifications, and for me, it’s one application at a time. So I just have one app up, and I can really focus on what’s in front of me instead of everything coming at me as I would a laptop.”

He further added,

In the same conference, he also shared his views on data security and sharing.

It’s true, smartphones today are capable of doing almost everything you would previously need a laptop for. It is also true that it is easier to get distracted while working on a laptop since navigating between several pages, windows and apps is easier on it than it is on phones.

So the lesson to be learnt is to develop a balance between digital and real life by adopting personal practices that aid in reducing the number of distractions for you.