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Digital Inferno - Using Technology Consciously in Your Life and Work, 101 Ways to Survive and Thrive in a Hyperconnected World (Paperback)
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Digital Inferno - Using Technology Consciously in Your Life and Work, 101 Ways to Survive and Thrive in a Hyperconnected World (Paperback)
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Loot Price R431
Discovery Miles 4 310
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How many times do you check something on the internet but find you
are drifting aimlessly from one link to another? If you can't not
answer the phone when it rings, and you spend hours a week on
social media, and you read your texts instead of kissing your loved
one goodnight, and you don't give your kids proper attention
because you just have to prioritize new responses to your
tweet...then this book is for you. The digital world is spreading
like an inferno - a swirling, hot storm of change, possibility,
addiction, passion, manipulation, creativity and abuse. It demands
our attention and encourages us to be always on, with its constant
updates and feedback. It is exciting, but it can also be
overwhelming. And it's developing faster than our ability to deal
with it. To adherents of digital living and working, any criticism
is uncool, a sign of being out of touch. Refreshingly, Digital
Inferno is neither simple indictment nor unqualified endorsement.
Rather, it's about holding your own in the digital realm - adapting
in a healthy way to the new reality. It offers a conscious path
that allows you to derive the benefits you need but also to manage
the dangers. Packed with a wealth of practical advice, Digital
Inferno describes numerous methods to enable you to step back from
constant digital activity and virtual living, and to pay more
attention to the real world. You'll find exercises to overcome
tiredness from digital contact and to develop skills to enable you
to remain awake and aware. Crucially, you will be master of the
digital realm: to abstain from contact when you need to, but also
freely to immerse yourself when you choose to. We don't need to
shun new technology, but we do need to be armed with an
understanding of its challenges, problems and limitations. This
book provides the tools you will need to meet the future
consciously.
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