Mindful tech
Subtitle: how to bring balance to our digital lives
By: David M. Levy
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780300208313; 9780300227017
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Mindfulness (Psychology); Internet users; Philosophy; Conduct of life; Technology
Description: From email to smart phones, and from social media to Google searches, digital technologies have transformed the way we learn, entertain ourselves, socialize, and work. Despite their usefulness, these technologies have often led to information overload, stress, and distraction. David M. Levy, who has lived his life between the "fast world" of high tech and the "slow world" of contemplation, offers a welcome guide to being more relaxed, attentive, and emotionally balanced while online. In a series of exercises carefully designed to help readers observe and reflect on their own use, Levy has readers observe themselves while emailing and while multitasking, and also to experiment with unplugging for a specified period.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-217) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface: Living fast and slow; title: Falling in the fountain; title: Observing our online lives; title: Attention, emotions, and the body; title: Exercise 1: Observing Email (or Facebook or texting ...); title: Exercise 2: Focused Email (or Facebook or texting ...); title: Exercise 3: Observing multitasking; title: Exercise 4: Focused multitasking; title: Exercise 5: Mindful unplugging; title: Honing our digital craft; title: Broadening and deepening the conversation.