"As much as anyone else, I fantasize about checking out. I would love to remove
the pinging notifications from my days, for my mind to wander without being
thrown askew by each incoming tweet. But visions of total unplugging also seem a
bit grotesque. Even if we can still shut our eyes and cover our ears, become
details of the landscape, should we? Is it morally acceptable at this moment?
How much silence is too much?"
Gal Beckerman explores this provocative question here.
