{"product_id":"your-happiness-was-hacked-why-tech-is-winning-the-battle-to-control-your-brain-and-how-to-fight-back-9781523095841","title":"Your Happiness Was Hacked: Why Tech Is Winning the Battle to Control Your Brain--And How to Fight Back","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Technology is a great servant but a terrible master. This is the most important book ever written about one of the most significant aspects of our lives--the consequences of our addiction to online technology and how we can liberate ourselves and our children from it.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Dean Ornish, M.D. Founder \u0026amp; President, Preventive Medicine Research Institute, Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF, Author, The Spectrum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTechnology: your master, or your friend? Do you feel ruled by your smartphone and enslaved by your e-mail or social-network activities? Digital technology is making us miserable, say bestselling authors and former tech executives Vivek Wadhwa and Alex Salkever. We've become a tribe of tech addicts--and it's not entirely our fault. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaking advantage of vulnerabilities in human brain function, tech companies entice us to overdose on technology interaction. This damages our lives, work, families, and friendships. Swipe-driven dating apps train us to evaluate people like products, diminishing our relationships. At work, we e-mail on average 77 times a day, ruining our concentration. At home, light from our screens is contributing to epidemic sleep deprivation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut we can reclaim our lives without dismissing technology. The authors explain how to avoid getting hooked on tech and how to define and control the roles that tech is playing and could play in our lives. And they provide a guide to technological and personal tools for regaining control. This readable book turns personal observation into a handy action guide to adapting to our new reality of omnipresent technology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berrett-Koehler Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/26\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781523095841\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/26\/2018\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vivek Wadhwa, Alex Salkever","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44145860477109,"sku":"9781523095841","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_30e79396-7c21-4859-bc40-7f3b96371c33.jpg?v=1715698514","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/your-happiness-was-hacked-why-tech-is-winning-the-battle-to-control-your-brain-and-how-to-fight-back-9781523095841","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}