Hamlet's BlackBerry : a practical philosophy for building a good life in the digital age / William Powers
- Bib ID:
- 4939154
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Powers, William, 1961-
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Description:
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- New York : Harper, c2010
- xv, 267 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780061687167 (hardback)
- 0061687162 (hardback)
- Summary:
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"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"--Provided by publisher.
- Full contents:
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- What larks? : the conundrum of the connected life. Busy, very busy : in a digital world, where's the depth? ; Hello, Mother : the magic of screens ; Gone overboard : falling out with the connected life ; Solutions that aren't : the trouble with not really meaning it
- Beyond the crowd : teachings of the seven philosophers of screens. Walking to heaven : Plato discovers distance ; The spa of the mind : Seneca on inner space ; Little mirrors : Gutenberg and the business of inwardness ; Hamlet's BlackBerry : Shakespeare on the beauty of old tools ; Inventing your life : Ben Franklin on positive rituals ; The Walden zone : Thoreau on making the home a refuge ; A cooler self : McLuhan and the thermostat of happiness
- In search of depth : ideas in practice. Not so busy : practical philosophies for every day ; Disconnectopia : the Internet sabbath.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references: p. [245]-267.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2010
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