Taking a Technology Sabbath

To go along with the article "My Technology Sabbath," we'd like to get your feedback:

 

Do you regularly "unplug?" Are there other adverse effects to technology overload? If so, where do you think we are headed (as a society or as individuals) if we fail to keep things in balance? What tips do you have for others when it comes to honoring the Sabbath in the digital age? 

Edited by Mary - 25 Sep 2009 at 2:02pm

What a great article! A couple of years ago I was in South Korea visiting on a college and law school campus. As I was getting on the bus that took students and tourists to downtown Pohang, I noticed how quiet it was. I wondered if Korean students were really this much quieter than American students when I realized they were communicating, but their communication was just on their cell phones. They were texting and I honestly think they were texting the  person that was siitting right next to them. What is that about?     My thing is that if we don't unplug at least occasionally, wewill  lose our effectiveness in oral communication.  We've already become insensitive to older generations who have incredible stories to tell (today's young folks need the older folks to give abbreviated versions and I've yet to hear that from someone over sixty). Anyway, maybe when they get a text from their 80 year old granddad, they'll read that. What a missed opportunity not to unplug and just talk and visit. The old saying, which I still believe is true, states, "use it or lose it". I do hope we'll find balance. Stayed plugged in to keep up, but pull that plug to rest, relax, and retreat. Pull that plug to have a REAL RELATIONSHIP!