While anxiety over accessing the Internet is not a particularly Jewish phenomenon, according to Gold there is a Jewish approach to help those who feel the Internet bears down on them like a runaway steamroller. To promote his book, he will be taking an Internet walk with parents at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 13 at the Albert L. Schultz Jewish Community Center in Palo Alto. Admission is free.
Gold recommends that adults slow down to catch up with the times.
His book uses the metaphor of taking a stroll to ease newcomers on their initial Internet explorations. For those who have not taken their first steps, Gold suggests the best way to overcome Internet fear is to own up to it. People are just expected to use this technology. That is what causes this fear. Bringing that issue to the foreground makes it more human.