I’ve been careless with technology in the past. I’ve dropped and broken phones, computers, watches, and Xbox controllers. I recently bought a new iPhone 8 and have been using an old iPhone 6 case to protect it; however, the past few days I’ve been carrying it around without a case. Naked.
Neil deGrasse Tyson doesn’t have a case on his iPhone. His reasoning is metaphoric yet simple: medieval soldiers respected the swords they carried for the weapons they were. They were careful when handling them. They didn’t throw them around or forget them. Without their swords, they would not be soldiers but strategists.
Is an iPhone not more powerful than a weapon? A sword can kill; a phone can create. A sword opens chasms; a phone is a bridge. A sword is a select class; a phone is for everybody.
Imagine how the world would be different if we treated phones for the weapons they were.