REVIEWS

Marshall McLuhan Outstanding Book Award Winner 2020

-Media Ecology Association

"In this wise, wonderful work, filmmaker Shlain eloquently argues the merits of taking a break from technology, particularly smartphones, one day a week…Bolstered with fascinating and germane facts about neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, and the history of the concept of a day of rest, this excellent cross between instruction and memoir deserves a wide audience."  

— Publishers Weekly, Starred Review 

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"...I gave Shlain's idea a try — and I highly recommend it."

— David Leonhardt, New York Times 

INDIGO BOOKS Top Ten Best Books of 2019

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Rated #1 in Best New Tech Books to Read In 2020

— Book Authority

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The Top 10 Business Books of 2019

— Vancouver Public Library

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"In her new book, 24/6, Tiffany Shlain, the founder of the Webby Awards, lays out a plan for surviving our 'always on' culture. Taking a cue from her Jewish heritage, she suggests a 'tech Shabbat': one day a week without screens or devices… [M]y editor asked me to try my own experiment of unplugging for 24 hours…Even for a digital curmudgeon like me, being 'unproductive' felt like a small revolution—and that’s after only one day of it. I can’t wait to discover what a decade of tech Shabbats feels like."  

—  Harvard Business Review, HBR article

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A PEOPLE MAGAZINE “NEW BOOK WORTH READING”

"Put down your phone and pick up this book...I read it in one day and found it timely with timeless wisdom. Tiffany Shlain is a modern-day prophet, brilliant, and incredibly funny in equal measure."  

—  ANGELA DUCKWORTH, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Grit 

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"How taking a break from tech for Shabbat brought new purpose to this Internet pioneer’s life"

— The Washington Post

"[A] bright debut... A useful and much-needed guide to turning the clock back to a less frazzled pre-internet and -smartphone day."  

—  Kirkus Reviews

"Part of a pioneering movement." 

— MARIA SHRIVER, The Today Show

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"24/6 is poised to start a movement. Try it, and get your attention span back."  

—  Refinery29

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“Undeniably healthy…in our always-on culture…a distracted, perpetually outraged state of being…had weakened many of us, and strengthened Trump, for more than two years.”

— Mashable

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"Her active and intimate experience in the world of digital technology informs the argument that she makes so convincingly in the pages of 24/6."

— JONATHAN KIRSCH, The Jewish Journal

"An essential guide...There is nothing else like it; here is a place to turn if you feel there's something missing in our modern world."

— JARON LANIER, computer scientist and bestselling author of You Are Not a Gadget

"Shlain delivers a moving family story, documenting the need for Shabbat in the first place."

— SHERRY TURKLE, MIT professor & bestselling author of Reclaiming Conversation and Alone Together

"Here is the answer to the greatest collective and personal challenge of our time: reclaiming the essential dignity of being human in a digital age."

— DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF, author of Team Human and Present Shock

"A wonderfully refreshing and practical roadmap to both slowing down time and having more of it."

— KRISTA TIPPETT, host of On Being and bestselling author of Becoming Wise

"Well-written and well-reasoned. Shlain offers families excellent ideas for taming digital monsters. I recommend it to all parents who have struggled to set limits on screen time."

— MARY PIPHER, author of Women Rowing North and Reviving Ophelia

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Great Books You Won't Want To Put Down

— REAL SIMPLE MAGAZINE

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"She convinced me...that a day of disconnection is a path towards reconnection to the rest of our lives."

— VINT CERF, co-creator of the internet