How to Overcome Your Digital Addiction

How to Overcome Your Digital Addiction
Digital devices are a gateway to a million habit-forming apps. Don't thumb away the chance to make some real memories. William Perugini/Shutterstock
Barry Brownstein
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In a 2016 essay, “I Used to Be a Human Being,” Andrew Sullivan explored his debilitating digital addiction. His subtitle likely reads true for many people: “An endless bombardment of news and gossip and images has rendered us manic information addicts. It broke me. It might break you, too.”
There is at least a bit of Sullivan in many of us, judging by the popularity of computer science professor Cal Newport’s latest book “Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World.”
Barry Brownstein
Barry Brownstein
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Barry Brownstein is professor emeritus of economics and leadership at the University of Baltimore. He is the author of “The Inner-Work of Leadership,” and his essays have appeared in publications such as the Foundation for Economic Education and Intellectual Takeout.
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