The Frailest Thing: Being Online

88 The Treadmill Always Wins I have suggested that it’s good to occasionally ask ourselves, “Why do we read?

89 Unplugged I’m back. In fact, I’ve been back for more than a week now. I’ve been back from several days spent in western North Carolina.

90 Vows of Digital Poverty Maybe deleting Facebook is something akin to taking monastic vows in medieval society. Stay with me.

91 Audience Overload Information overload is a concept that has long been used to describe the experience of digital media, although the term and the problem itself predate the digital age.

92 Digital Asceticism and Pascalian Angst Writing in the Times, Kevin Roose describes how he recently arrived at a better working relationship with his smartphone.