Welcome to Litsy!

I've read many books for my #readinginadigitalage course, & none of them have been as personal & compelling as this. An Australian single mom & journalist decides she & her three teenagers will live in a "screen-free" home for six months. She interweaves anecdotes & hard evidence to argue for moderation & intention in technology consumption. I will definitely be making some changes to my life after reading this. All the ❤️ for this little book.

Carr focuses mainly on what we lose in a world of increased automatization, and while I don't agree with many of his conclusions, I find his manifesto for a more "hands-on" world very well written. I read this for use in my #readinginadigitalage class. While I won't teach this book (it doesn't quite fit the topic), I'll keep it on hand as a resource for students interested in the dark side of the technology-utopia vision Silicon Valley sells.

Why the internet is great in general and why Litsy is great in particular. 🌈 This 2008 book praising the internet as a tool for collaboration and action is a little dated, but it's got a great explanation of why Wikipedia works that I'm using in my #readinginadigitalage class this fall. I haven't read Shirky's later book; that's up next.