Solitude

I couldn't get with it

Books about solitude will always have a place on my bookshelf!

A wonderful study of the lack of solitude in our lives. A lot about how technology affects our ability to be alone (like, really alone, without the internet!) and how that is probably a bad thing but not absolutely. It changes us, though, and perhaps not always for the better.

I liked the earlier parts of the book best where Harris explores the uses of solitude and the benefits of daydreaming. The last section on ‰ЫПKnowing Others‰Ыќ (excepting the final chapter) doesn‰ЫЄt fit as neatly with the rest of the book as I expected, although it wasn‰ЫЄt out of place exactly.

An engaging and fascinating book with lots of tasty morsels for further contemplation.