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Hamlet's BlackBerry building a good life in the digital age

"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".-- Pro...

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Main Author: Powers, William, 1961-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Harper Perennial, 2011.
Edition: 1st Harper Perennial ed.
Subjects:
Internet > Social aspects.
Quality of life.
Solitude.
Summary: "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.
Physical Description: xv, 267 p. : port. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-267).
ISBN: 9780061687174 (pbk.)
0061687170 (pbk.)
Author Notes: Award-winning media critic William Powers has written for the Atlantic, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and McSweeney's, among other publications. He lives on Cape Cod with his wife, the author Martha Sherrill, and their son.

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