National Day of Unplugging this weekend

The National Day of Unplugging begins at sundown tonight and ends sundown Saturday.

The concern is that our collective technological obsession has our minds bouncing so rapidly (eyes back on the page, reader, you can check your Twitter feed later!) that we aren't focusing on anything or anyone for any real length of time. Consider how increasingly rare it is to get through a conversation or a meal without someone glancing at their phone. "We're not anti-technology," said Tanya Schevitz, a spokeswoman for the group. "But it's really that people need a break. If people pause, they can see how much it has impacted them."