Friday, October 8, 2010

About Books, October 9, 2010

William Powers tackles dependence on digital devices in Hamlet's Blackberry: a Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age. The book offers a little bit of memoir as well as a look back at seven philosophers (Plato, Seneca,Thoreau etc.) and how they handled technological change in their time.

Listen to the interview at http://www.wvik.org/listings-aboutbooks.htm

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