The cover gave me "Unfriended" vibes and while this was less about technology and more about meditation, the cover does say that this book will give a better way to be more aware. The problem I usually have with books that try and have a whole hearted stance against technology is that they usually try and use the case that it is terrible, being without it would do us better, we should remember the 'good old days' and such. Usually I find that they say that it makes us 'zombies' because we are essentially slaves to the bad thing.
The pre-introduction was a little off kilter as the author talks more about meditation and their own personal experience and while I liked that it helped them think things through like how they wanted to do something they truly thought would make them happy and not something that might, I found this a little disheartening. The struggle was not dragged out, but it also wasn't delved into and I was left with the usual struggle story people wrote in middle school where the person changed a little thing and something different happened.
I truly believe I am not the intended audience, and I do not want to be scathing. I just do not see anything that intends to be helpful to me, nothing new or old reiterated or redesigned and while the anecdote was something I'd never read upon, I have read stories like it and not for getting away from a screen.
Perhaps the future chapters will have a clearer direction and information to provide, but I do not see myself reading any further.
The pre-introduction was a little off kilter as the author talks more about meditation and their own personal experience and while I liked that it helped them think things through like how they wanted to do something they truly thought would make them happy and not something that might, I found this a little disheartening. The struggle was not dragged out, but it also wasn't delved into and I was left with the usual struggle story people wrote in middle school where the person changed a little thing and something different happened.
I truly believe I am not the intended audience, and I do not want to be scathing. I just do not see anything that intends to be helpful to me, nothing new or old reiterated or redesigned and while the anecdote was something I'd never read upon, I have read stories like it and not for getting away from a screen.
Perhaps the future chapters will have a clearer direction and information to provide, but I do not see myself reading any further.