Tech Addiction and the Business of Mindfulness

[McFurd]

Wired - 5/14/2018 - Erin Griffith - I’m totally fine with this. The women sitting cross-legged on the floor around me are passing around a wooden box and dropping their phones inside. It’s coming my way, and I’ve been instructed to jot down my feelings about parting with my phone. I’m totally fine with this, I write, which is a lie. Nevertheless, into the box goes a small rectangle containing every photo I’ve taken, every to-do list I’ve failed to cross off, every professional, personal, and romantic relationship I’ve maintained, every creepy thing I’ve Googled, every calorie I’ve logged, every step I’ve walked, every embarrassing text or IM conversation I’ve had, every secret I know. Read more @ https://www.wired.com/story/tech-addict ... ndfulness/