Today culminates another National Day of Unplugging, sponsored by the Sabbath Manifesto. It encourages people to take a 24 hour break (sunset to sunset) from technology. They also are posting photos of people holding up signs reading their completion of "I unplug to..."
The San Francisco Chronicle/SFGate challenges folks to go a step father, however, and make a more long-term change.
From the National Day of Unplugging site:
The San Francisco Chronicle/SFGate challenges folks to go a step father, however, and make a more long-term change.
From the National Day of Unplugging site:
Do you have multiple cell phones? Take your ipad to the beach on vacation? Ever find it hard to get through a conversation without posting an update to Facebook? Is your computer always on?
We increasingly miss out on the important moments of our lives as we pass the hours with our noses buried in our iPhones and BlackBerry’s, chronicling our every move through Facebook and Twitter and shielding ourselves from the outside world with the bubble of “silence” that our earphones create.
If you recognize that in yourself – or your friends, families or colleagues— join us for the National Day of Unplugging, sign the Unplug pledge and start living a different life: connect with the people in your street, neighborhood and city, have an uninterrupted meal or read a book to your child.
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