, Columnist
Digital Detox Is a Fantasy. Do This Instead.
Most of us can’t truly break free from our devices. But we can make more time for offline fun.
There is no escape from our devices.
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When news broke that Salesforce Chief Executive Officer Marc Benioff had taken a 10-day “digital detox” vacation in French Polynesia, the internet ate it up. We couldn’t, it seems, stop scrolling about how one very wealthy man stopped scrolling.
Stories like this seize our imaginations for several reasons. One is that the merely well-off tend to obsess about the habits of the super-rich, whether we find them admirable or hypocritical. Another is the appeal of the quick fix, whether it is Dry January, a spend-nothing challenge or a digital sabbatical.