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Pour être branché, débranchez-vous
(To be hip, unplug)
Newspaper | Les Echos
Date | 6.1.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | (mental) health, addiction, technology-free
Summary | The author of the article talks about one of his recent experiments: he tried to stay away from social networks for 10 days. Although it was difficult at first, he thought it was a positive experience. He found his ability to concentrate, and realized that his thoughts could be summarized in more than 140 characters. According to a British survey, more than half of adults consider themselves addicted. Harvard researchers claimed that Facebook and Twitter can be as addictive as alcohol or nicotine.
Image Description | Screenshot of a facebook page and a pointer clicking on "log off"
Image Tags | Facebook
Contre la tyrannie des e-mails, passons à l'« e-légement »
(Against the tyranny of emails, let's start the "e-relief")
Newspaper | Les Echos
Date | 15.4.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | addiction, email, technology-free
Summary | People spend a lot of time checking and writing emails at work. More and more companies establish "digital detox" measures to help their employees. Because of the immediacy and permanence of emails, workers spend most of their time on their keyboards. As a result, there is a deterioration of the quality of information and a negative impact on productivity.
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