Hamlet's Blackberry
by William Powers · first published 2010
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…for long periods of contemplative thinking is one of the best activities I've done for my mind in a lifetime. If Iyer's ideas or my own experience resonate with you, I recommend checking out a copy of Hamlet's Blackberry: Building a Good Life in the Digital Age [1] from your local library. 1: http://www.amazon.com/Hamlets-BlackBerry-Building-Good-Digit...
on “The Joy of Quiet” ↗…times you reach in your pocket to check something you're not even carrying, even in just that short amount of time. Call it a micro digital sabbath if you will. A related book that's interesting is Hamlet's Blackberry: Building a Good Life in the Digital Age.
on “The dark side of entrepreneurship” ↗…challenges are. You could also do something like _The shallows_ by Nicholas Carr, which is more of polemic than anything else, though I did enjoy it. Perhaps _You are not a gadget_ by Jaron Lanier or _Hamlet's Blackberry_ by William Powers, but neither of those are books I could finish. Finally, I read _Deep work_ not long ago and thought it was pretty good.
on “Brainjunk and the killing of the internet mind” ↗