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020 $a9780060729813 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
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037 $bOverDrive, Inc.$nhttp://www.overdrive.com
100 1 $aBrende, Eric $q(Eric Brende).
245 10 $aBetter Off$h[electronic resource].
260 $aNew York :$bHarperCollins,$c2004.
500 $aTitle from eBook information screen.
520 $aE-Book Extras: ONE: An Interview and Insight into the Mind of Eric Brende; TWO: Ten Tips for a Leaner and More Leisurely Life in a World of TechnologyWhat happens when a graduate of MIT, the bastion of technological advancement, and his bride move to a community so primitive in its technology that even Amish groups consider it antiquated?Eric Brende conceives a real-life experiment: to see if, in fact, all our cell phones, wide-screen TVs, and SUVs have made life easier and better -- or whether life would be preferable without them. By turns, the query narrows down to a single question: What is the least we need to achieve the most? With this in mind, the Brendes ditch their car, electric stove, refrigerator, running water, and everything else motorized or "hooked to the grid" and begin an eighteen-month trial run -- one that dramatically changes the way they live, and proves entertaining and surprising to readers.Better OFF is a smart, often comedic, and always riveting book that also mingles scientific analysis with the human story, demonstrating how a world free of technological excess can shrink stress -- and waistlines -- and expand happiness, health, and leisure. Our notion that technophobes are backward gets turned on its head as the Brendes realize that the crucial technological decisions of their adopted Minimite community are made more soberly and deliberately than in the surrounding culture, and the result is greater -- not lesser -- mastery over the conditions of human existence.
533 $aElectronic reproduction.$bNew York :$cHarperCollins,$d2004.$nRequires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1828 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 969 KB) or Mobipocket Reader (file size: 450 KB).
538 $aRequires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1828 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 969 KB) or Mobipocket Reader (file size: 450 KB).
653 #0 $aBiography & Autobiography
653 #0 $aNonfiction
653 #0 $aTechnology
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