Pang does suggest taking digital sabbaths to cope with these technologies, but thankfully it's not the only strategy he suggests for coping with network technologies.
"Digital sabbaths," where people give up their laptops and cell phones at least one day a week, have become trendy.
Last year, after learning about digital sabbaths through the National Day of Unplugging, my family and I went dark for 24 hours from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday.
Some people have "Digital Sabbaths" rules of no tech at the dinner table or after a certain time of day.
So take a bold step during these last few weeks of the season of Lent, and unplug your devices for a 24-hour digital Sabbath.
Many people joined the "National Day of Unplugging" on March 7-8, which involved putting away phones, tablets and laptops for a 24-hour digital Sabbath.
Others joined the National Day of Unplugging on March 7-8, putting away their phones, tablets and laptops for a 24-hour digital Sabbath designed to slow people down in an increasingly hectic world.
For the next 24 hours, we observed what's often called a digital Sabbath: We completely disconnected from screens, including phones, tablets and computers.
Encouragement by Danah Boyd, a senior Microsoft researcher and author, advises on "How to Take an Email Sabbatical," as does Randi Zuckerberg, who advocates a "Digital Sabbath".
She declared a digital Sabbath day.
