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A former staff writer for the Washington Post draws upon ideas from Socrates, Shakespeare and Ben Franklin to describe a new philosophy to manage digital addictions to Blackberries and the Internet and strike a healthy balance between connectedness and disconnectedness. 40,000 first printing.

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"A brilliant and thoughtful handbook for the Internet age--why we have this screen addiction, its many perils, and some surprising remedies that can make your life better."--Bob Woodward

"[An] elegant meditation on our obsessive connectivity and its effect on our brains and our very way of life."--Laurie Winer, New York Times Book Review

"Powers mounts a passionate but reasoned argument for 'a happy balance'. . . . [He] is a lively, personable writer who seeks applicable lessons from great thinkers of the past. . . . Lucid, engaging prose and [a] thoughtful take on the joys of disconnectivity."--Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor

"Always connected. Anytime. Anyplace. We know it's a blessing, but we're starting to notice that it's also a curse. In Hamlet's Blackberry, William Powers helps us understand what being 'connected' disconnects us from, and offers wise advice about what we can do about it.... A thoughtful, elegant, and moving book."--Barry Schwartz, author of The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less

"Benjamin Franklin would love this book. He knew the power of being connected, but also how this must be balanced by moments of reflection. William Powers offers a practical guide to Socrates' path to the good life in which our outward and inward selves are at one."--Walter Isaacson, author of Einstein: His Life and Universe and Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

[An] elegant meditation on our obsessive connectivity and its effect on our brains and our very way of life. --Laurie Winer, New York Times Book Review"

Powers mounts a passionate but reasoned argument for a happy balance . . . . [He] is a lively, personable writer who seeks applicable lessons from great thinkers of the past. . . . Lucid, engaging prose and [a] thoughtful take on the joys of disconnectivity. --Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor"

Benjamin Franklin would love this book. He knew the power of being connected, but also how this must be balanced by moments of reflection. William Powers offers a practical guide to Socrates path to the good life in which our outward and inward selves are at one. --Walter Isaacson, author of Einstein: His Life and Universe and Benjamin Franklin: An American Life"

Always connected. Anytime. Anyplace. We know it s a blessing, but we re starting to notice that it s also a curse. In Hamlet s Blackberry, William Powers helps us understand what being connected disconnects us from, and offers wise advice about what we can do about it . A thoughtful, elegant, and moving book. --Barry Schwartz, author of The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less"

A brilliant and thoughtful handbook for the Internet age why we have this screen addiction, its many perils, and some surprising remedies that can make your life better. --Bob Woodward"
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A crisp, passionately argued answer to the question that everyone who's grown dependent on digital devices is asking: "Where's the rest of my life?"

At a time when we're all trying to make sense of our relentlessly connected lives, this revelatory book presents a bold new approach to the digital age. Part intellectual journey, part memoir, Hamlet's BlackBerry sets out to solve what William Powers calls the conundrum of connectedness. Our computers and mobile devices do wonderful things for us. But they also impose an enormous burden, making it harder for us to focus, do our best work, build strong relationships, and find the depth and fulfillment we crave.

Hamlet's BlackBerry argues that we need a new way of thinking, an everyday philosophy for life with screens. To find it, Powers reaches into the past, uncovering a rich trove of ideas that have helped people manage and enjoy their connected lives for thousands of years. New technologies have always brought the mix of excitement and stress that we feel today. Drawing on some of history's most brilliant thinkers, from Plato to Shakespeare to Thoreau, he shows that digital connectedness serves us best when it's balanced by its opposite, disconnectedness.

Using his own life as laboratory and object lesson, Powers demonstrates why this is the moment to revisit our relationship to screens and mobile technologies, and how profound the rewards of doing so can be. Lively, original, and entertaining, Hamlet's BlackBerry will challenge you to rethink your digital life.

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  • PublisherHarperCollins
  • Publication date2010
  • ISBN 10 0061687162
  • ISBN 13 9780061687167
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages267
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