Hey,

Lately it feels like everything is getting “smarter” — from our phones to our homes to the stuff we wear.

But the more tech I test, the more I notice something:

So this week’s issue is about low-tech vs high-tech — when simple tools win, when smart systems are actually worth it, and how to think about building setups that make life easier instead of noisier.

Inside you’ll find:

Let’s dive in👇

Last week we sat through nearly an hour of Samsung talking about AI in fridges.

Not better cooling. Not better energy efficiency.

Just AI telling you what recipes you can cook.

And it perfectly sums up modern tech: lots of “smart,” not much that actually helps.

So let’s talk about when high-tech is worth it and when low-tech wins.

Almost every problem has three levels of solution:

Same goal. Different trade-offs.

A perfect example came from a viral lawn-mower video:

🪢 Low-tech: a rope tied to a mower, slowly spiraling inward
🔌 Medium-tech: a robot mower with boundary wires
📡 High-tech: a GPS mower that knows exactly where it’s been

Same job. More money buys more precision and less effort.

The same ladder shows up everywhere:

💻 Screens: laptop → external monitor → Vision Pro
💡 Lights: switch → smart switch → motion + energy automation

This is the good kind of smart tech:

🔋 Energy automation
Charging batteries and cars when electricity is cheapest = real money saved.

🧠 AI for finance & legal planning
Rough numbers, scenarios, and drafts without paying a pro for every question.

🕶 Meta Ray-Ban display glasses
Reply to messages without pulling out your phone → fewer distractions.

📡 GPS mowers, Vision Pro, real XR
When tech removes repetition and mental load, it’s worth it.

This is the other side of CES:

🧊 AI in fridges
📺 AI in everything
🗣 Keynotes full of hype but no real hardware progress

Software is cheap. Hardware is hard. So a lot of “innovation” is just code slapped on the same products.

Sometimes simple is best:

🔘 Light switches
🖥 External monitors
🔩 Reliable hardware
⚙️ Fewer failure points

Low-tech is predictable. It just works.

After testing a lot of gadgets, I’ve landed on this:

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🗓️ See you Saturday.