Digital Spell

Within a few years of its launch, the smartphone has become part of us, fully integrated into the daily patterns of our lives. Never disconnected, always available, we now hold in our hands a magic wand of technological power that we are only just beginning to comprehend. But this gives rise to new enigmas. Although we are more connected than ever, it seems we are becoming more distant; and although we are more efficient, we have never before been so distracted.

Drawing on the contributions of numerous thinkers, published studies, and his own research, Tony Reinke identifies twelve significant ways in which our devices have changed us (for better and for worse). Reinke calls us to cultivate wise thinking and healthy habits in the digital age, encouraging us to maximize the many blessings, avoid the various pitfalls, and wisely wield the most powerful device human connection has ever developed.