Comments on: A “Technology Sabbath” to Alleviate Info Overload?

By: Can Humans Cope with Information Overload? Tyler Cowen & John Freeman Join the Debate

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:27:01 +0000

[...] became acutely aware of the need to take more “digital sabbaticals” or a weekly “technology Sabbath.” I now try to find specific moments each day to shut the lid on my laptop, toss my mobile [...]

By: Tagarbejde

Tagarbejde — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:59:10 +0000

I agree on you chad!, that is very true.

By: Tagarbejde

Tagarbejde — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:59:10 +0000

I agree on you chad!, that is very true.

By: Tagarbejde

Tagarbejde — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:59:10 +0000

I agree on you chad!, that is very true.

By: Chad

Chad — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:47:38 +0000

Only old people would consider such abstinence and sacrifice as some sort of accomplishment – because they can remember a time when such technology wasn’t so throughly intertwined with their life.

But for the kids, who’ve had their own cell phone since kindergarten, these things aren’t even technology – but rather are part and parcel of their identity and development – like additional lobes of their brain. Confronting them with the idea of giving up these things is no less a more ridiculous notion than having a limb amputated.

So, if you want to keep up with the kids, you shouldn’t be handicapping yourself.

By: Chad

Chad — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:47:38 +0000

Only old people would consider such abstinence and sacrifice as some sort of accomplishment - because they can remember a time when such technology wasn't so throughly intertwined with their life.

But for the kids, who've had their own cell phone since kindergarten, these things aren't even technology - but rather are part and parcel of their identity and development - like additional lobes of their brain. Confronting them with the idea of giving up these things is no less a more ridiculous notion than having a limb amputated.

So, if you want to keep up with the kids, you shouldn't be handicapping yourself.