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The Unplugged Hours
by Hannah Brencher • 2024
She unplugged for a thousand hours. What came back was the life she'd been scrolling past.
4.23
2k+
The Unplugged Hours Summary
The Unplugged Hours 92%
She unplugged for a thousand hours. What came back was the life she'd been scrolling past.
by Hannah Brencher 2024
4.23
2k+ ratings
24/6 The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week
by Tiffany Shlain • 2019
One day offline each week. The science says your attention, empathy, and sleep all improve.
3.80
3k+
24/6 The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week Summary
24/6 The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week 91%
One day offline each week. The science says your attention, empathy, and sleep all improve.
by Tiffany Shlain 2019
3.80
3k+ ratings
Hamlet's BlackBerry
by William Powers • 2010
Writing, print, telegraph: each sparked an overload crisis. The old solutions still work.
3.59
2k+
Hamlet's BlackBerry Summary
Hamlet's BlackBerry 90%
Writing, print, telegraph: each sparked an overload crisis. The old solutions still work.
by William Powers 2010
3.59
2k+ ratings
Rhythms of Renewal
by Rebekah Lyons • 2019
The four rhythms that undo anxiety at the source. Most people skip the first one entirely.
4.08
7k+
Rhythms of Renewal Summary
Rhythms of Renewal 90%
The four rhythms that undo anxiety at the source. Most people skip the first one entirely.
by Rebekah Lyons 2019
4.08
7k+ ratings
Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest
by Ruth Haley Barton • 2022
The ancient practice of Sabbath can free you from burnout, one stopped day at a time.
4.29
739
Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest Summary
Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest 90%
The ancient practice of Sabbath can free you from burnout, one stopped day at a time.
by Ruth Haley Barton 2022
4.29
739 ratings
[John Mark Comer] The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry
by auspicious
Jesus never hurried. His daily practices can rescue your soul from the speed of modern life.
4.53
159
[John Mark Comer] The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry Summary
[John Mark Comer] The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry 90%
Jesus never hurried. His daily practices can rescue your soul from the speed of modern life.
by auspicious
4.53
159 ratings
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry
by John Mark Comer • 2019
Hurry is a spiritual sickness. The ancient, unhurried practices that restore a life worth living.
4.50
99k+
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry Summary
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry 90%
Hurry is a spiritual sickness. The ancient, unhurried practices that restore a life worth living.
by John Mark Comer 2019
4.50
99k+ ratings
Digital Minimalism
by Cal Newport • 2019
A thirty-day reset that uncovers which apps earn your minutes and which steal them.
4.05
97k+
Digital Minimalism Summary
Digital Minimalism 90%
A thirty-day reset that uncovers which apps earn your minutes and which steal them.
by Cal Newport 2019
4.05
97k+ ratings
12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You
by Tony Reinke • 2017
Your phone is making you a worse worshipper. Here is what to do about it.
4.28
8k+
12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You Summary
12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You 89%
Your phone is making you a worse worshipper. Here is what to do about it.
by Tony Reinke 2017
4.28
8k+ ratings
The Sabbath
by Abraham Joshua Heschel • 1951
The first holy object was a day. The Sabbath offers liberation from a civilization of things.
4.37
8k+
The Sabbath Summary
The Sabbath 89%
The first holy object was a day. The Sabbath offers liberation from a civilization of things.
by Abraham Joshua Heschel 1951
4.37
8k+ ratings
How to Do Nothing
by Jenny Odell • 2019
Your attention is being mined. The most radical response: do nothing.
3.65
57k+
How to Do Nothing Summary
How to Do Nothing 89%
Your attention is being mined. The most radical response: do nothing.
by Jenny Odell 2019
3.65
57k+ ratings
Crazy Busy
by Kevin DeYoung • 2013
Your frantic schedule is a heart problem disguised as a time-management problem.
4.10
10k+
Crazy Busy Summary
Crazy Busy 89%
Your frantic schedule is a heart problem disguised as a time-management problem.
by Kevin DeYoung 2013
4.10
10k+ ratings
How to Thrive in the Digital Age
by Tom Chatfield • 2012
Your phone rewired your brain. The repair is a humanist reset, not a detox.
3.08
598
How to Thrive in the Digital Age Summary
How to Thrive in the Digital Age 89%
Your phone rewired your brain. The repair is a humanist reset, not a detox.
by Tom Chatfield 2012
3.08
598 ratings
The End of Absence
by Michael Harris • 2014
The last generation to know life before the internet reveals what constant connection has hidden.
3.63
2k+
The End of Absence Summary
The End of Absence 89%
The last generation to know life before the internet reveals what constant connection has hidden.
by Michael Harris 2014
3.63
2k+ ratings
The Tech-Wise Family
by Andy Crouch • 2017
Daily, weekly, and yearly tech fasts that recover sleep, conversation, and family worship.
4.25
9k+
The Tech-Wise Family Summary
The Tech-Wise Family 89%
Daily, weekly, and yearly tech fasts that recover sleep, conversation, and family worship.
by Andy Crouch 2017
4.25
9k+ ratings
Redeeming Your Time
by Jordan Raynor • 2021
Your worth is not your output. From that freedom, how to get the right things done.
4.45
2k+
Redeeming Your Time Summary
Redeeming Your Time 89%
Your worth is not your output. From that freedom, how to get the right things done.
by Jordan Raynor 2021
4.45
2k+ ratings
Tech Agnostic
by Greg Epstein • 2024
Technology sold you a faith: saints, sacraments, apocalypse. The humanist case for walking away.
3.49
156
Tech Agnostic Summary
Tech Agnostic 89%
Technology sold you a faith: saints, sacraments, apocalypse. The humanist case for walking away.
by Greg Epstein 2024
3.49
156 ratings
God, Technology, and the Christian Life
by Tony Reinke • 2021
Technology was God's idea first. The industry's gospel of salvation through silicon is not.
4.07
392
God, Technology, and the Christian Life Summary
God, Technology, and the Christian Life 89%
Technology was God's idea first. The industry's gospel of salvation through silicon is not.
by Tony Reinke 2021
4.07
392 ratings
The Rest of God
by Mark Buchanan • 2006
Stop one day a week and recover everything busyness stole: the ancient gift modern life demands.
4.34
3k+
The Rest of God Summary
The Rest of God 89%
Stop one day a week and recover everything busyness stole: the ancient gift modern life demands.
by Mark Buchanan 2006
4.34
3k+ ratings
A Way with Words
by Daniel Darling • 2020
Your posts outlive your anger. A pastor on speaking online as if every word counted.
4.44
79
A Way with Words Summary
A Way with Words 89%
Your posts outlive your anger. A pastor on speaking online as if every word counted.
by Daniel Darling 2020
4.44
79 ratings
Solitude
by Michael Harris • 2017
Your phone checks you 150 times a day. Solitude is the lost art: reclaiming your attention.
3.66
2k+
Solitude Summary
Solitude 89%
Your phone checks you 150 times a day. Solitude is the lost art: reclaiming your attention.
by Michael Harris 2017
3.66
2k+ ratings
100 Things We've Lost to the Internet
by Pamela Paul • 2021
A hundred things the internet took: boredom, unrecorded mistakes, and the right to disappear.
3.39
3k+
100 Things We've Lost to the Internet Summary
100 Things We've Lost to the Internet 89%
A hundred things the internet took: boredom, unrecorded mistakes, and the right to disappear.
by Pamela Paul 2021
3.39
3k+ ratings
Reclaiming Conversation
by Sherry Turkle • 2015
Texts and posts replaced real conversation, and we lost something irreplaceable in the trade.
3.80
5k+
Reclaiming Conversation Summary
Reclaiming Conversation 89%
Texts and posts replaced real conversation, and we lost something irreplaceable in the trade.
by Sherry Turkle 2015
3.80
5k+ ratings
Golden
by Justin Zorn • 2022
Silence heals the brain. Justice requires it. We've engineered a world that forbids both.
3.86
547
Golden Summary
Golden 89%
Silence heals the brain. Justice requires it. We've engineered a world that forbids both.
by Justin Zorn 2022
3.86
547 ratings
Please Unsubscribe, Thanks!
by Julio Vincent Gambuto • 2023
The economy runs on your distraction. The plan for unsubscribing from everything that drains you.
3.47
1k+
Please Unsubscribe, Thanks! Summary
Please Unsubscribe, Thanks! 89%
The economy runs on your distraction. The plan for unsubscribing from everything that drains you.
by Julio Vincent Gambuto 2023
3.47
1k+ ratings
How to Break Up with Your Phone
by Catherine Price • 2018
The 30-day plan that unhooks your brain from the device designed to keep it hooked.
3.91
22k+
How to Break Up with Your Phone Summary
How to Break Up with Your Phone 89%
The 30-day plan that unhooks your brain from the device designed to keep it hooked.
by Catherine Price 2018
3.91
22k+ ratings
To Hell with the Hustle
by Jefferson Bethke • 2019
Hustle promised freedom; it delivered burnout. The real cure is limits, silence, and rest.
3.96
7k+
To Hell with the Hustle Summary
To Hell with the Hustle 89%
Hustle promised freedom; it delivered burnout. The real cure is limits, silence, and rest.
by Jefferson Bethke 2019
3.96
7k+ ratings
Analog Church
by Jay Y. Kim • 2020
Churches chased relevance on screens and got audiences who watch instead of communities who worship.
4.14
600
Analog Church Summary
Analog Church 89%
Churches chased relevance on screens and got audiences who watch instead of communities who worship.
by Jay Y. Kim 2020
4.14
600 ratings
The Common Rule
by Justin Whitmel Earley • 2019
The habits you don't think about are forming your soul. A Christian framework for reclaiming them.
4.32
9k+
The Common Rule Summary
The Common Rule 89%
The habits you don't think about are forming your soul. A Christian framework for reclaiming them.
by Justin Whitmel Earley 2019
4.32
9k+ ratings
Rest Is Resistance
by Tricia Hersey • 2022
Reclaim your body, your imagination, and your time through rest as a political act.
4.04
13k+
Rest Is Resistance Summary
Rest Is Resistance 89%
Reclaim your body, your imagination, and your time through rest as a political act.
by Tricia Hersey 2022
4.04
13k+ ratings
Invitation to Retreat
by Ruth Haley Barton • 2018
The spiritual detox your soul actually needs: less phone, more silence, and permission to sleep.
4.44
981
Invitation to Retreat Summary
Invitation to Retreat 88%
The spiritual detox your soul actually needs: less phone, more silence, and permission to sleep.
by Ruth Haley Barton 2018
4.44
981 ratings
Your Future Self Will Thank You
by Drew Dyck • 2019
Why willpower alone fails: how to build self-control with grace, habits, and brain science.
4.28
2k+
Your Future Self Will Thank You Summary
Your Future Self Will Thank You 88%
Why willpower alone fails: how to build self-control with grace, habits, and brain science.
by Drew Dyck 2019
4.28
2k+ ratings
An Unhurried Life
by Alan Fadling • 2013
Hurry is a heart problem, not a schedule one. Adopt Jesus's unhurried work-rest rhythm.
4.19
1k+
An Unhurried Life Summary
An Unhurried Life 88%
Hurry is a heart problem, not a schedule one. Adopt Jesus's unhurried work-rest rhythm.
by Alan Fadling 2013
4.19
1k+ ratings
Superbloom
by Nicholas Carr • 2025
Communication's speed and abundance were supposed to unite us. Instead, they fragment and enrage.
4.04
2k+
Superbloom Summary
Superbloom 88%
Communication's speed and abundance were supposed to unite us. Instead, they fragment and enrage.
by Nicholas Carr 2025
4.04
2k+ ratings
Sabbath
by Dan B. Allender • 2009
You resist Sabbath not from busyness, but from a hidden fear of delight.
3.93
1k+
Sabbath Summary
Sabbath 88%
You resist Sabbath not from busyness, but from a hidden fear of delight.
by Dan B. Allender 2009
3.93
1k+ ratings
In Emergency, Break Glass
by Nate Anderson • 2022
Nietzsche saw your smartphone coming: the 19th-century antidote to an age of endless scrolling.
3.91
323
In Emergency, Break Glass Summary
In Emergency, Break Glass 88%
Nietzsche saw your smartphone coming: the 19th-century antidote to an age of endless scrolling.
by Nate Anderson 2022
3.91
323 ratings
Stolen Focus
by Johann Hari • 2022
You touch your phone 2,617 times a day. That's not a habit. It's a business model.
4.22
80k+
Stolen Focus Summary
Stolen Focus 88%
You touch your phone 2,617 times a day. That's not a habit. It's a business model.
by Johann Hari 2022
4.22
80k+ ratings
The Distraction Addiction
by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang • 2013
Digital detox is a dead end. Real focus starts with breathing, not unplugging.
3.52
641
The Distraction Addiction Summary
The Distraction Addiction 88%
Digital detox is a dead end. Real focus starts with breathing, not unplugging.
by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang 2013
3.52
641 ratings
Alone Together
by Sherry Turkle • 2011
Robots comfort the elderly, screens raise children. What we lose when machines mediate intimacy.
3.62
6k+
Alone Together Summary
Alone Together 88%
Robots comfort the elderly, screens raise children. What we lose when machines mediate intimacy.
by Sherry Turkle 2011
3.62
6k+ ratings
Future Minds
by Richard Watson • 2010
Every screen you own is quietly rewiring your brain. Deep thinking is the hidden casualty.
3.77
162
Future Minds Summary
Future Minds 88%
Every screen you own is quietly rewiring your brain. Deep thinking is the hidden casualty.
by Richard Watson 2010
3.77
162 ratings
Mindful Tech
by David M. Levy • 2016
Turn screen time into noticing time: a mindfulness method for unscrolling your life.
3.41
153
Mindful Tech Summary
Mindful Tech 88%
Turn screen time into noticing time: a mindfulness method for unscrolling your life.
by David M. Levy 2016
3.41
153 ratings
The Wisdom Pyramid
by Brett McCracken • 2021
A biblical hierarchy for your information diet: why scripture and nature belong above the scroll.
4.32
2k+
The Wisdom Pyramid Summary
The Wisdom Pyramid 88%
A biblical hierarchy for your information diet: why scripture and nature belong above the scroll.
by Brett McCracken 2021
4.32
2k+ ratings
Lurking
by Joanne McNeil • 2020
Quiet observers were the heart of the early web. Then the internet turned them into data.
3.75
889
Lurking Summary
Lurking 88%
Quiet observers were the heart of the early web. Then the internet turned them into data.
by Joanne McNeil 2020
3.75
889 ratings
Born Digital
by John Palfrey • 2008
When childhood happens online, identity is public, privacy erodes, and creativity becomes remix.
3.62
1k+
Born Digital Summary
Born Digital 88%
When childhood happens online, identity is public, privacy erodes, and creativity becomes remix.
by John Palfrey 2008
3.62
1k+ ratings
Cyberkrank! Wie das digitalisierte Leben unsere Gesundheit ruiniert
by Manfred Spitzer • 2015
From addiction to sleeplessness: a neuroscientist's clinical case against the smartphone era.
3.78
203
Cyberkrank! Wie das digitalisierte Leben unsere Gesundheit ruiniert Summary
Cyberkrank! Wie das digitalisierte Leben unsere Gesundheit ruiniert 88%
From addiction to sleeplessness: a neuroscientist's clinical case against the smartphone era.
by Manfred Spitzer 2015
3.78
203 ratings
You Are Not a Gadget
by Jaron Lanier • 2010
The internet reduces people to data points. The people who built it call that wisdom.
3.57
6k+
You Are Not a Gadget Summary
You Are Not a Gadget 88%
The internet reduces people to data points. The people who built it call that wisdom.
by Jaron Lanier 2010
3.57
6k+ ratings
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
by Jaron Lanier • 2018
Social media is a behavior-modification machine. The only sane answer: delete your accounts.
3.58
18k+
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now Summary
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now 88%
Social media is a behavior-modification machine. The only sane answer: delete your accounts.
by Jaron Lanier 2018
3.58
18k+ ratings
Stoic Philosophy and the Control Problem of AI Technology
by Edward H. Spence • 2021
We're building superintelligence without a control plan. Stoicism has one.
4.50
2
Stoic Philosophy and the Control Problem of AI Technology Summary
Stoic Philosophy and the Control Problem of AI Technology 88%
We're building superintelligence without a control plan. Stoicism has one.
by Edward H. Spence 2021
4.50
2 ratings
Tired of Being Tired
by Jess Connolly • 2024
A faith-based diagnostic for your specific fatigue, and the rest rhythm that actually heals it.
4.45
2k+
Tired of Being Tired Summary
Tired of Being Tired 88%
A faith-based diagnostic for your specific fatigue, and the rest rhythm that actually heals it.
by Jess Connolly 2024
4.45
2k+ ratings
Context
by Cory Doctorow • 2011
Copyright law failed creators. The internet didn't; the platforms that locked it down did.
3.66
372
Context Summary
Context 88%
Copyright law failed creators. The internet didn't; the platforms that locked it down did.
by Cory Doctorow 2011
3.66
372 ratings
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