The Problem With Constant Connection

How to be unavailable in a world that requires constant availability.

Our ability to communicate with one another has come a long way. You used to not be able to get a hold of someone unless you were able to see them face to face. Then came the mail delivery system, or maybe you could send a messenger. In more recent years it evolved to the telephone.

I remember one day I was at work, and I kept trying to call my mom, but …