The Power of Off

Finished this book pretty quickly. Not because it was a page-turner, but because every chapter seemed to repeat the same diatribe. The author opens by assuring the reader of her technological know-how, then proceeds to tell story after story involving her lack of basic common sense (How do you purchase an entire HOUSE without realizing it's integrated with smart technology?). She also cites a cashier's inability to serve her a non-menu item as a sure sign of the oncoming digital zombie age, skimming over the fact that she was unnecessarily rude to someone who had no control over how the cash register system worked. While I understand and relate to the desire to see people less attached to their phones, these instances - along with her hyperbolic observations on the “dangers” of autocorrect - made it difficult for me to take the book seriously.