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Do you feel overwhelmed by your digital devices? Do you constantly have an itch to check your phone even when you\u2019re trying to focus on important work or interacting with your loved ones? Do you find the constant onslaught of opinions coming from the digital ether psychologically tiring? Do you feel like your inner life and grasp of existential meaning becomes shallower the more time you spend online?<\/p>\n

At one time, my guest today<\/span> on the podcast could say yes to all those questions and decided to do something about it. Her name is Christina Crook and she\u2019s the author of the Joy of Missing Out: Finding Balance in a Wired World<\/i><\/a>. Today on the show Christina and I discuss the promise and perils of digital technology, her experiment with quitting the internet for a month, and tactics you can take to master technology rather than being its slave. Lots of great insights in this episode to curb your digital addiction.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do you feel overwhelmed by your digital devices? Do you constantly have an itch to check your phone even when you\u2019re trying to focus on important work or interacting with your loved ones? Do you find the constant onslaught of opinions coming from the digital ether psychologically tiring? 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