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Eric Brende
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Better Off : Flipping the Switch on Technology (P.S.) |
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No copies available |
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Paperback |
| Pages: |
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272 |
| Date: |
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2005-08-01 |
| ISBN: |
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B000FTWAYU |
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Unknown |
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0.45 pounds |
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5.2 x 7.8 x 0.8 inches |
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2 Alline (USA: MO), Nicetomeetsma (USA: NY) |
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2 ozarkmrs (USA: MO), Roxanne (USA: VT) |
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Product Description
Cell phones, personal digitial assistants, beepers, two-way pagers, light rails, Segway Human Transporters.. . It-s a time in our country where -faster, cheaper, quicker- has completely obliterated the old-fashioned ethic of hard work, exercise and the pride resulting from an honest day-s work. Eric Brende, a former Yale undergrad and MIT graduate student in the Institute-s watchdog program of technology-s effects on society spent 12 months living technology-free among a Mennonite-type society. His mission: to prove that technological progress is not necessarily making our lives easier, but rather, is making it more stressful and, often, less convenient. Ditching their car, stove, refrigerator, plumbing and everything else -hooked into the grid,- Eric and his wife found that living in a world free of technology eradicated their stress-levels, shrunk their waistlines, and made their lives easier and more enjoyable. Whether planting his crop, learning to drive his horse-drawn buggy, finding the secrets of preserving food in August without the aid of a refrigerator, learning the ways of a -natural air conditioner,- or simply getting to know his strange and energy-free neighbors, Eric Brende uses both scientific reasoning and fact to prove his argument. At the end of this smart, often comedic and always riveting book, one will be hard-pressed not to have the urge to -unplug- themselves.
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