Hamlet's Blackberry :

Building a Good Life in

the Digital Age
 By
William Powers
HarperCollins Publishers
Inc
 What does it mean to be "connected"? What are the positive and
negative effects for a society achieving connectedness increasingly
through technology? In Hamlet's BlackBerry, William Powers
reflects on our society's relationship with technology and its effect
on business and intrapersonal relationships. Though everything from
social networking to smartphones has made has made it easier to
communicate, many fear that the new social landscape diminishes
the quality of human interaction.

Today's students have grown up with and will continue to encounter

unprecedented change as a

result of the digital age. Unlike any previous generation they will be
called upon to construct values and ethics in a world in which rapid
technological change is the norm. Smart and soulful, Hamlet's
BlackBerry asks students to evaluate what it means to be connected
in a practical and philosophical sense and teaches them to evaluate
the importance of this in their lives.

"In Hamlet's BlackBerry, William Powers helps us understand what

being 'connected' disconnects us from, and offers wise advice about
what we can do about it. This is a thoughtful, elegant, and moving
book."-Barry Schwartz, author of The Paradox of Choice: Why
More Is Less
 HarperCollins Publishers Inc

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