Unwired: Gaining Control over Addictive Technologies

Professor Bernstein's book is a thought-provoking and practical guide to understanding and managing our relationship with technology. With engaging anecdotes, solid research, and actionable strategies, the book explores how addictive technologies impact our lives and offers empowering ways to regain control. It strikes a balance by acknowledging technology's benefits while advocating for mindful engagement and serves as a wake-up call for individuals and society as a whole to reassess our relationship with technology and make informed choices that prioritize our well-being and autonomy.This book is a must-read for anyone seeking a healthier and more mindful approach to technology usage in the digital age.

Read this book if you want to understand why you, someone you love, someone you work with, or just someone you see while you're out and about in the world has difficulty putting down their phones. Compulsive use is a problem that willpower alone will never solve. We need to work together to hold the tech industry accountable. This book is accessible and detailed.

This book is incredibly interesting and thought-provoking. I started reading the book this weekend and could not put it down. Through personal stories and research the book helped me understand some of the issues I’ve had to deal with as a father of school-age children and as someone who is fond of technology. The book also provides some very interesting ideas on how our society and the tech industry can address the overuse of technology. Bravo!

An eye-opening, comprehensive look at the dynamics and the dangers of tech overuse and what it will take to reverse this trend. The presentation is level-headed but unflinching in exposing the tech industry's market motivations and design techniques for promoting overuse and addiction. Historical examples such as the battle with the tobacco industry shed light on the current crossroads and on educational and legal strategies to help restore online/offline balance.

A must-read, Unwired presents essential thorough research on the tech industry and its promotion of addictive behaviors. It recognizes our struggle to use those technologies with a sense of control with a human approach resonating with me as a parent. It is an illuminating read at a time when we should be reflecting on how to regulate technology sensibly and much more drastically than the topical discourse that exists today.

This book sets out clearly the broad range effects on humanity and especially on kids and youth of tech addiction - a global issue. Importantly, it offers a lucid roadmap on what we as lay consumers can do to fight back and finally make a change.