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Hamlet's Blackberry : : a Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital age

Powers, William, 1961- Book - 2010 None on shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 5 out of 5

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"A soulful polemic that challenges the sacred dogma of the digital age--that the more we connect with others, the happier we are--arguing that as our electronic connectedness grows, we are pulled away from the relationships and experiences that give life texture, depth, and meaning"-- Provided by publisher.

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only disconnect submitted by edwardvielmetti on June 23, 2011, 10:17am By "soulful polemic", the reviewer means "extended musings on history, with a little bit of Internet mixed in for current context". I skipped around in the book until I found the one chapter that was really worth reading, "Disconnectopia", in which the author writes of his family's successful decision to turn its modem off one day a week and observe an "Internet Sabbath". A good book to read and return in one sitting.

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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Harper, c2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: xv, 267 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780061687167
0061687162

SUBJECTS
Internet -- Social aspects.
Quality of life.
Solitude.