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How to get away, finding balance in our overworked, overcrowded, always-on world, Jon Staff & Pete Davis, founders of GETAWAY

eng

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non fiction

How to get away

1087937294

Jon Staff & Pete Davis, founders of GETAWAY

finding balance in our overworked, overcrowded, always-on world

"The digital age has its benefits, but with them have come widespread feelings of imbalance. We are over-connected and overworked. We suffer from social and technology overload. We rarely experience the joy of solitude or the respite of nature. We are always on. We never turn off. In How to Get Away, Jon Staff and Pete Davis consider our troubled relationship with technology, urbanization and work. When and why have we become so dependent on our cell phones? How do green spaces -- and the lack of them -- affect our minds, bodies, and relationships? Why is it so hard for us to set aside our work and take a real vacation? Blending cultural history with contemporary research and insights from scholars and trend-watchers, Staff and Davis present a compelling case for restoring balance between technology and disconnection, city and nature, and work and leisure. Along the way, the authors draw on their own experience, the lives of the pioneers and innovators like landscape architect Frederick Law Olmstead and conservationist Margaret Murie, lifestyle trends like homesteading and hygge, and the wisdom of philosophers, poets, and scientists ranging from Aristotle to Oliver Sacks. How to Get Away offers a nuanced perspective on our past, a call to action for our present, and a hopeful vision for a more balanced future." -- inside cover