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HarperCollins
July 2010
On Sale: June 29, 2010
256 pages
ISBN: 0061687162
EAN: 9780061687167
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
A crisp, passionately argued answer to the question that
everyone who's grown dependent on digital devices is asking:
"Where's the rest of my life?" At a time when we're all trying to make sense of our
relentlessly connected lives, this revelatory book presents
a bold new approach to the digital age. Part intellectual
journey, part memoir, Hamlet's BlackBerry sets out to solve
what William Powers calls the conundrum of connectedness.
Our computers and mobile devices do wonderful things for us.
But they also impose an enormous burden, making it harder
for us to focus, do our best work, build strong
relationships, and find the depth and fulfillment we crave. Hamlet's BlackBerry argues that we need a new way of
thinking, an everyday philosophy for life with screens. To
find it, Powers reaches into the past, uncovering a rich
trove of ideas that have helped people manage and enjoy
their connected lives for thousands of years. New
technologies have always brought the mix of excitement and
stress that we feel today. Drawing on some of history's most
brilliant thinkers, from Plato to Shakespeare to Thoreau, he
shows that digital connectedness serves us best when it's
balanced by its opposite, disconnectedness. Using his own life as laboratory and object lesson, Powers
demonstrates why this is the moment to revisit our
relationship to screens and mobile technologies, and how
profound the rewards of doing so can be. Lively, original,
and entertaining, Hamlet's BlackBerry will challenge you to
rethink your digital life.
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