Pico Iyer - In barely one generation, we've moved from exulting in the time-saving devices that ...

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In barely one generation, we've moved from exulting in the time-saving devices that have so expanded our lives to trying to get away from them - often in order to make more time. The more ways we have to connect, the more many of us seem desperate to unplug.

Pico Iyer

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Deutsche Übersetzung

In kaum einer Generation haben wir uns von jubelnden zeitsparenden Geräten, die unser Leben so ausgedehnt haben, zu dem Versuch entwickelt, von ihnen wegzukommen - oft, um mehr Zeit zu gewinnen. Je mehr Möglichkeiten wir haben, um eine Verbindung herzustellen, desto mehr scheinen wir verzweifelt zu trennen.

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