Escaping Screens: A Tech-Free Travel Quest, Part II
A stranded American tourist shares the story of a six-month screen-free quest through India and Nepal just as the coronavirus explodes. Part II.
A stranded American tourist shares the story of a six-month screen-free quest through India and Nepal just as the coronavirus explodes. Part II.
An American tourist stranded in India shares his story: six months traveling without a screen, only to pick one up again just in time for the global meltdown.
Compared to 1984 or Brave New World, E. M. Forster’s 1909 futuristic novella The Machine Stops was, in some ways, the most eerily accurate prediction of our current technological milieu.
College students given an assignment of reading a print book learn about their own habits and the power of concentration.
Our new survey shows more than a quarter of people in public spaces occupied with digital devices; the full story is in our new print issue.
Our third print issue is about to ship nationally.
Activist, author, and sociologist Gail Dines discusses the impact of pornography—particularly in its virulent and violent Internet form—on culture.
Jonathan Taplin, former music and film professional, tells first-hand what the new rentier economy of Internet aggregators like Google and Facebook has done to the creative arts, journalism, and democracy.
Author and endocrinologist Robert Lustig explains the neurochemical difference between happiness and pleasure and how it’s been exploited to make so many of us fat, addicted, and depressed. Then, he reminds us how to reclaim our health.
Young people are obsessively checking their phones more every year. Here are some reasons why, and strategies to regain control.