It is striking that 'old' information and communication tools such as newspapers, TV guides, telephone calls and text messages no longer seem to be sufficient to fill the gaping hole left by the internet. They are simply too slow for the current generation to keep you up to date: if you are at tweet speed , you obviously do not want to go back to a lower gear. And because of this, many participants feel cut off from the world and stuck in their own 'bubble'.
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Although positive effects are also experienced – productivity skyrockets, entire books are suddenly latvia phone number list read and bicycles are finally taken to the bike shop – a week of offline living turns out to be mainly frustrating. Something that also surprises some participants: 'Why do I feel like I HAVE to watch, it's not some drug or something? and 'It's pretty crazy that I've become so dependent on the internet' . Crazy or not, the documentary clearly shows how the internet has gone from a daily convenience to an indispensable need in a short time. Logging out is now almost impossible, or at least extremely annoying.
Want to read more? Two-point-zero entrepreneur Jim Stolze discusses how he survived his month without internet and gives 5 tips for a happy online life in his humorous 2009 TED talk .