The Winter of Our Disconnect by Susan Maushart

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novastar6
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The Winter of Our Disconnect by Susan Maushart Apr 8, 2019 14:43:28 GMT theravenking likes this

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Post by novastar6 on Apr 8, 2019 14:43:28 GMT

The Winter of Our Disconnect: How Three Totally Wired Teenagers (and a Mother Who Slept with Her iPhone)Pulled the Plug on Their Technology and Lived to Tell the Tale by Susan Maushart.

Anybody read this?

Gotta admit at times I just wanted to smack this woman for giving into her kids all the time so easily, but points for having the guts to actually admit it instead of whitewashing everything. Very interesting how they changed over the months. Highly recommended.

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The Winter of Our Disconnect by Susan Maushart Apr 8, 2019 21:24:20 GMT

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Post by theravenking on Apr 8, 2019 21:24:20 GMT

Sounds interesting. I wish more people would do this. Although I doubt we'll be able to overcome our addiction to technology. Unless some huge catastrophe happens, that would set us back significantly.

Today we still have phones as separate physical objects. In the future they will implant those functions in our brains. It will be impossible to switch off, you'll be online all the time.

"I prefer reading to writing. Reading changes your worldview. Writing changes absolutely nothing. Except, of course, when it makes you rich." Michel Houellebecq