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Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology by Brende, Eric
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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060570059
ISBN-13
9780060570057
eBay Product ID (ePID)
44122438
Product Key Features
Book Title
Better Off : Flipping the Switch on Technology
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Topic
Life Sciences / Ecology, Social Aspects, General, Sociology / Rural, Life Sciences / Horticulture, Science & Technology
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Science, Self-Help, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
8.6 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
6.3 in
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Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
303.48/3
Synopsis
What is the least we need to achieve the most? With this question in mind, MIT graduate Eric Brende flipped the switch on technology. He and his wife, Mary, ditched their car, electric stove, refrigerator, running water, and everything else motorized or "hooked to the grid," and spent eighteen months living in a remote community so primitive in its technology that even the Amish consider it antiquated. Better Off is the story of their real-life experiment to see whether our cell phones, wide-screen TVs, and SUVs have made life easier -- or whether life would be preferable without them. This smart, funny, and enlightening book mingles scientific analysis with the human story to demonstrate how a world free of technological excess can shrink stress -- and waistlines -- and expand happiness, health, and leisure. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more., Ditching their car, electric stove, refrigerator, running water and everything else motorized or "hooked to the grid," the Brende family conceives a real life experiment to see if in fact all our cell phones, wide screen TVs, and SUVs have made life easier and better--or whether life would be preferable without them. By turns, the query narrows down to a single question: "What is the least we need to achieve the most" With this in mind, the Brendes begin an 18-month trial run which will dramatically change the way they live and prove entertaining and surprising to readers. Better Off is a smart, often comedic, and always riveting book that also mingles scientific analysis with the human story, demonstrating how a world free of technological excess can shrink stress--and waistlines--and expand happiness, health, and leisure. Our notion that technophobes are backward gets turned on its head as the Brendes realize that the crucial technological decisions of this "Minimite" community are made more soberly and deliberately than in the surrounding culture, and the result is greater mastery over the conditions of human existence, not less., What is the least we need to achieve the most With this question in mind, MIT graduate Eric Brende flipped the switch on technology. He and his wife, Mary, ditched their car, electric stove, refrigerator, running water, and everything else motorized or "hooked to the grid," and spent eighteen months living in a remote community so primitive in its technology that even the Amish consider it antiquated. Better Off is the story of their real-life experiment to see whether our cell phones, wide-screen TVs, and SUVs have made life easier - or whether life would be preferable without them. This smart, funny, and enlightening book mingles scientific analysis with the human story to demonstrate how a world free of technological excess can shrink stress - and waistlines - and expand happiness, health, and leisure. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.
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