24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week (A Guide to Unplugging)

24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week (A Guide to Unplugging)

<b>In <i>24/6</i>, Tiffany Shlain explores how turning off screens one day a week can work wonders on your brain, body, and soul. </b><br /><br />Internet pioneer and renowned filmmaker Tiffany Shlain takes us on a provocative and entertaining journey through time and technology, introducing a strategy for living in our 24/7 world: turning off all screens for twenty-four hours each week. This practice, which she’s done for nearly a decade with her husband and kids (sixteen and ten), has completely changed their lives, giving them more time, productivity, connection, and presence. She and her family call it “Technology Shabbat.”<br /> <br />Drawn from the ancient ritual of Shabbat, living 24/6 can work for anyone from any background. With humor and wisdom, Shlain shares her story, offers lessons she has learned, and provides a blueprint for how to do it yourself. Along the way, she delves into the neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, and history of a weekly day of rest across cultures, making the case for why we need to bring this ritual back.<br /> <br />A compelling personal story and a fascinating, far-reaching examination of the complex world we’ve created, <i>24/6</i> is a call to rebalance ourselves and our society.