>* But as the proliferation of such essays and books suggest, we are far from forgetting about the offline; rather we have become obsessed with being offline mo

>* But as the proliferation of such essays and books suggest, we are far from forgetting about the offline; rather we have become obsessed with being offline more than ever before.* Really? Because we bitch about not being offline enough from time to time? >We have never appreciated a solitary stroll, a camping trip, a face-to-face chat with friends, or even our boredom better than we do now. Nothing has contributed more to our collective appreciation for being logged off and technologically disconnected than the very technologies of connection. A bad idea milked for several paragraphs, and not true at that. We appreciated solitary strolls, camping trip, face-to-face chats with friends, alright in the 90s and the 80s too. Actually, even more so, because they weren't interrupted every other bloody minute by looking on our phone and checking the latest texts and tweets...