With the mass proliferation of smartphones, many of us struggle with the obsessive urge to constantly check email and update our social media profiles.<\/p>\n
The endless opportunity for distraction may have compelled you to wonder if you’ve acquired Attention Deficit Disorder…until you start checking for another IM.<\/p>\n
Researchers are studying the myriad ways heavy technology use can affect your brain. Most of us know our behavior is changing, and so too our relationships with others. A few inventive folks are now proposing ways we can better control the role technology plays in our lives.<\/p>\n
The National Day of Unplugging<\/a>, brought to you by Sabbath Manifesto<\/a>, starts Friday, March 23rd, at sundown…until March 24th at sundown. If you’re reeling from the effects of tech overload, you might consider taking the pledge to unplug for 24 hours.<\/p>\n Read on to learn more about this movement and some of the reasons people are trying to get control over their technology and win back their lives.<\/p>\n People have been weighing in on the effects of heavy technology use for years. Back in 2010, the New York Times documented the tech-obsessed behaviors of a Bay Area entrepreneur<\/a> and his family, and the daily frustrations they faced as technology increasingly invaded their lives.<\/p>\n The story referenced what is now well-known research by Stanford Researcher Eyal Ophir<\/a> which showed how self-professed multitaskers are often more inept than they think. Here’s a clip where Ophir talks about his research:<\/p>\nMultitaskers Falling Short<\/h2>\n