At last month’s book club meeting, the question was asked, “Is anyone else feeling overwhelmed by all the new technology that’s out there?”   What followed was a very animated discussion of  Who had a Face Book page and why? and What was Twitter and why did anyone use it?.   One of our members told of attending a career event at a local University where she met a professor who taught a class on Solitude and highly recommended a book she used in class  Distracted by journalist Maggie Jackson.  She then told us that she  immediately put a hold on the book at her local library all the while pondering  why the idea of solitude sounded so appealing?  Apparently, she is not alone.  Another book just out, Rapt by Winifred Gallagher, believes the key to happiness and fulfillment is through skillful management of attention and not through Twittering, browsing, Face-booking, emailing, texting, IPoding and computer gaming our time away.  OK, we’ve been warned now watch this.  An email is going around stating that Sony played this at their executive conference this year.  Where’s my yoga mat?

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