Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Blur is the Enemy of a Well-Lived Life

 
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No one can deny that today’s technology is fun. It’s loaded with eye candy, which is an addiction. It’s loaded with social media, which is an addiction. It’s loaded with text messaging, which is an addiction. It’s loaded with incoming calls, maybe even incoming video calls, which is an addiction.

I say “addiction” because people do indeed get addicted to these things. There are many times when we know we shouldn’t answer, but we do. We know we shouldn’t reply, but we do. We know we shouldn’t check status updates, but we do. It’s almost like the priority is not what we’re doing or who we’re currently with. The priority is whatever’s happening through the device.

Of course, deep down, we know that’s not true. But is our behavior reflecting...continue reading.

-- Daniel Burrus