The Tech-Wise Family

Overall, an easy read with some good practical tips for overcoming the challenges of technology. I especially liked his idea of “nudges” – that is setting up our space so that it is easier to do the right thing. A simple example is charging your phone at night away from the bedroom (that way it's not the last thing you look at before going to sleep or the first thing you pull out before getting out of bed).

That being said, while I agree that technology has much corrupting power that we need to be careful of, I did feel that Andy's philosophy of technology was a bit unbalanced in the anti-technology direction. Not that he and his family avoided technology–his confessions at the end of each chapter make it clear they were certainly technophiles. But, he always seems hesitant to mention positives of technology (usually as a concession and often with a “but” about something even the good uses of technology cause us to miss out on) and ever eager to mention to negatives.