Better Off : Flipping the Switch on Technology
 

Better Off : Flipping the Switch on Technology

by Eric Brende

What happens when a graduate of MIT, the bastion of technological advancement, and his bride move to a community so primitive in its technology that even Amish groups consider it antiquated?
Eric Brende conceives a real-life experiment: to see if, in fact, all our cell phones, wide-screen TVs, and SUVs have made life easier and better -- or whether life would be preferable without them. By... (read more)

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I just can't resist clever titles. This book is about one man's journey (and his wife) living without technology. This book falls nicely into all the other environmental books I have delved into lately. ~Judy

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