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Unplugging: How to Power Down in a Wired World

Unplugging: How to Power Down in a Wired World

 

Ryan Johnson for NPR phone-1_wide

 

NPR shared an excellent piece today on the impact of technologies on our brains. This is the subject of near-daily discussion in our offices because marketing communication has become a technology-driven field -- and we find ourselves coaching our clients, particularly the nonprofits and government agencies, to add more so-called martech (marketing technology) to their world in order to advance their cause cost effectively.

As with so much else, moderation is the key. ICYMI, here's the NPR story.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/02/12/584389201/smartphone-detox-how-to-power-down-in-a-wired-world

 

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