When I consider an alarm, I think of the industrial revolution and its implementation in factories throughout the United States. The alarm goes off, the workers go to toil. We’ve become accustomed to the sound of the alarm through schools, both public and private education from an early age. At school, the alarm goes off, and you must report to class, sit down, and do your little task. When the bell rings, you get up, you move, and you go to the next room. You sit down, shut up, and repeat. Nowadays, the majority of people can’t get sleep without depending on an alarm to wake them up in the morning… I find this to be concerning for physiology and health. Not to mention, the constant ringing of the phone, and the alertness we have to go and grab the device with immediacy, without thinking of the social implications. Why not just keep the phone at home? Put it on do not disturb or airplane mode when you’re out and about or spending time with others. If you have that itch or urge to reach for your phone at any time the alarm sounds, are you truly free or a slave? Just think of the factories and the workers controlled by the bell every time you respond to the sound of an alarm.