A good piece on how even the people who make all the devices that we live with today are discovering the need for the ‘off’ button. Quote:
“Consumers need to have an internal compass where they’re able to balance the capabilities that technology offers them for work, for search, with the qualities of the lives they live offline,” he [Richard Fernandez, an executive coach at Google] said.
“It’s about creating space, because otherwise we can be swept away by our technologies.”
Silicon Valley Worries About Addiction to Devices – NYTimes.com.