Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell are two of the most respected legal tech commentators around. They are ten times smarter and 100 times more well known than I. (Or maybe its 100 times smarter and 10 times more well known. In any event, you get my point). So disagreeing with them may be the dumbest thing I have another done. But here goes.
Dennis and Tom recently put together another excellent Kennedy Mighell podcast report. This isn one of the best podcast around; I listen religiously to every episode. This week’s episode is on how best to manage tech addiction and their tips for better managing our time on the screens that dominate out lives.
Taking Back Control: Managing Your Tech Addiction the Smart Way
I recently wrote a post on this subject and described how I manage this issue by taking one day off from screens per week: no texting, emailing, social media etc. I try to do this on Sundays and, while I am not a fanatic about it, it does give me a welcome break.
Dennis and Tom, though, disagree with this approach and argue we can achieve the same thing by going to less extremes. By using willpower and available filtering tools. Since it’s my ox being gored and at the risk of disagreeing if only slightly with the most well-respected authorities in the (gulp) field, I wanted to respond.
First, we all agree there are benefits to getting away from our screens and taking a break for some periods of time. Where we disagree, I suppose, is in how best to do it.
I think (and I’m sure Dennis and Tom agree) its first important to identify what we are trying to achieve with a break. For me, I’m trying to achieve a break