Better Off: Flipping The Switch On Technology by Eric Brende

Better Off: Flipping The Switch On Technology by Eric Brende

What is the least we need to achieve the most With this question in mind, MIT graduate Eric Brende flipped the switch on technology. He and his wife, Mary, ditched their car, electric stove, refrigerator, running water, and everything else motorized or "hooked to the grid," and spent eighteen months living in a remote community so primitive in its technology that even the Amish consider it antiquated.

Better Off is the story of their real-life experiment to see whether our cell phones, wide-screen TVs, and SUVs have made life easier -- or whether life would be preferable without them. This smart, funny, and enlightening book mingles scientific analysis with the human story to demonstrate how a world free of technological excess can shrink stress -- and waistlines -- and expand happiness, health, and leisure.

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

Eric Brende holds degrees from Yale, Washburn University, and MIT, as well as a National Science Foundation Recognition of Excellence and a Mellon Foundation Graduate Fellowship in the Humanities. He now has an e-mail account at the local library, thanks to his editor's prodding, but he and his family continue to avoid contemporary technology. Eric and Mary Brende recently moved to an old-town area of St. Paul. Eric makes a living as a rickshaw driver and soap manufacturer in St. Louis.

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ISBN 13	9780060570057
ISBN 10	0060570059
Title	Better Off: Flipping The Switch On Technology
Author	Eric Brende
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Year published	2005-08-02
Number of pages	272
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.