Brustein, Joshua. "The Unplugged Challenge: Readers
Respond - NYTimes.com." Technology - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com. New
York Times , 15 Aug. 2010. Web. 16 Nov. 2012.
<http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/the-unplugged-challenge-readers-respond/>.
The Unplugged Challenge happened when the New York Times
asked readers to temporarily give up their technological devices for a period
of time. You can watch videos of the
participants experiences at this link:http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/08/02/technology/unplugged.html
Some participants found it very difficult and left them
feeling uneasy and jittery, while others seemed to enjoy the experience because
it helped them realize just how much time they were spending using
technology.
In the article, it says that those wishing to
control their technology use “should approach the task more like a diet than a
withdrawal from drugs. The idea is to
learn to distinguish between necessary and compulsive consumption.” Keeping a
log of your use can help you see your patterns.
It also pointed out that very few phone calls or emails or texts are
life and death matters. What you have to
learn is to stop the automatic response to those cues.
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