Hamlet's Blackberry
Subtitle: a practical philosophy for building a good life in the digital age
By: by William Powers
Publisher: Scribe
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Carlton North, Victoria, Australia.
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 978192640780
Copyright date: 2010
Description: "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"--
Table of contents: title: What larks? : the conundrum of the connected life.; title: Busy, very busy : in a digital world, where's the depth?; title: Hello, Mother : the magic of screens; title: Gone overboard : falling out with the connected life; title: Solutions that aren't : the trouble with not really meaning it; title: Beyond the crowd : teachings of the seven philosophers of screens.; title: Walking to heaven : Plato discovers distance; title: The spa of the mind : Seneca on inner space; title: Little mirrors : Gutenberg and the business of inwardness; title: Hamlet's BlackBerry : Shakespeare on the beauty of old tools; title: Inventing your life : Ben Franklin on positive rituals; title: The Walden zone : Thoreau on making the home a refuge; title: A cooler self : McLuhan and the thermostat of happiness; title: In search of depth : ideas in practice.; title: Not so busy : practical philosophies for every day; title: Disconnectopia : the Internet sabbath.