Get the feedOnly Disconnect (I)
Monday, Oct 26th 2009
That constant stream of online distractions--our ability to "reflexively indulge every passing interest, to expect answers to every fleeting question"-- does it make us more free or less?
To the makers of Freedom, which disables your Mac's internet connection for up to eight hours, the answer is clear. And Peggy Orenstein seems to agree in this essay. "I am still surprised by the relief that floods me whenever I bind myself from going online."
Nancy French
Nancy French is an author, commentator, and mother. Her next book, about the year her husband spent in Iraq is due out July 4, 2011. Connect with her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/NancyAndersonFrench and follow her on Twitter at https://twitter.com/nancyafrench.
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