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One of my favourite books is Hamlet's Blackberry by William Powers.
"The essential idea is simple: to lead happy, productive lives in a connected world, we need to master the art of disconnecting."
Is that one of those things that only sounds profound because it presents a contradiction?
In order to X we must first not-X.