Unwired
Gaining Control over Addictive Technologies

As an addiction specialist, I have mixed feelings about this book. 1. Knowing that the author is a law professor, I expected a more complex approach from a judicial point of view. 2. I haven´t learned much new stuff, but that's probably due to my own profession. 3. It´s very repetitive. 4. I Can´t sha......more

In this book Gaia Bernstein rings a resounding alarm about the dangers of our growing addiction to technology. Perhaps the most explicit analogy she gives about what’s happening is likening us to frogs in the water. Like the hapless frog, we sit unaware in the slowly heating water, not realising it’......more

I appreciated the opportunity to read this book before publication. It provides a holistic assessment of the dangers of technology overuse, the role of industry and market forces in exacerbating it, and most importantly the prospects for countering these forces through legal, public policy and consu......more

Reading this book felt like taking several doses of very bitter and unpleasant medication several times in a row, but medications we know will be good for us. Bernstein has a very incisive way of looking at things, and while I know I personally have a screen time problem, she makes several great poi......more

Great book. Berstein takes the time to break down our addiction to social media and the tech industry's response to the tobacco industry and the food industry. Each ends with summaries and recommendations. MY biggest takeaway is that the the tech inudstry has a responsibility to youth who are still......more