{"product_id":"hamlets-blackberry-building-a-good-life-in-the-digital-age-9780061687174","title":"Hamlet's Blackberry: Building a Good Life in the Digital Age","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A brilliant and thoughtful handbook for the Internet age.\" --Bob Woodward \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Incisive ... Refreshing ... Compelling.\" --\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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? \u003cem\u003eHamlet's BlackBerry\u003c\/em\u003e challenges the widely held assumption that the more we connect through technology, the better. It's time to strike a new balance, William Powers argues, and discover why it's also important to disconnect. Part memoir, part intellectual journey, the book draws on the technological past and great thinkers such as Shakespeare and Thoreau. \"Connectedness\" has been considered from an organizational and economic standpoint--from \u003cem\u003eHere Comes Everybody\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eWikinomics\u003c\/em\u003e--but Powers examines it on a deep interpersonal, psychological, and emotional level. Readers of Malcolm Gladwell's \u003cem\u003eThe Tipping Point\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOutliers\u003c\/em\u003e will relish \u003cem\u003eHamlet's BlackBerry\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePowers, William:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eAward-winning media critic William Powers has written for the \u003cem\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/em\u003e, among other publications. He lives on Cape Cod with his wife, the author Martha Sherrill, and their son. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50648782143762,"sku":"9780061687174","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b9839dd0-9cc5-4734-a1ad-c02864e08b85.jpg?v=1733248591","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hamlets-blackberry-building-a-good-life-in-the-digital-age-9780061687174","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}