Book Review - Hamlet's Blackberry
October 01, 2010
Hamlet's Blackberry: A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Ages
By William Powers
Reviewed by Ed Chinn
Have you ever noticed that every win is also a loss?
Yet, most "wins" come to us without ever being sought or even examined. The process is frankly astonishing; unknown people and powers convince us to quietly exchange old values and strengths for unwanted, untested, and often dangerous stuff. Today, according to the new book, Hamlet's Blackberry (HarperCollins, 2010), "...without realizing it, we're living by a very particular philosophy of technology. It can be summarized in one sentence. "It's good to be connected, and it's bad to be disconnected."
Hamlet's Blackberry is a powerful, but sensible, call to wake ...
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