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In 24/6, Tiffany Shlain explores how turning off screens one day a week can work wonders on your brain, body, and soul. Internet pioneer and renowned filmmaker Tiffany Shlain takes us on a provocative and entertaining journey through time and technology, introducing a strategy for living in our 24/7 world: turning off all screens for twenty-four hours each week. This practice, which she's done for nearly a decade with her husband and kids (sixteen and ten) , has completely changed their lives, giving them more time, productivity, connection, and presence. She and her family call it "Technology Shabbat." Drawn from the ancient ritual of Shabbat, living 24/6 can work for anyone from any background. With humor and wisdom, Shlain shares her story, offers lessons she has learned, and provides a blueprint for how to do it yourself. Along the way, she delves into the neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, and history of a weekly day of rest across cultures, making the case for why we need to bring this ritual back. A compelling personal story and a fascinating, far-reaching examination of the complex world we've created, 24/6 is a call to rebalance ourselves and our society.
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Honored by Newsweek as one of the "Women Shaping the 21st Century," Tiffany Shlain is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker, founder of The Webby Awards, and co-founder of The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences. Her films and work have received over 80 awards and distinctions including being selected for The Albert Einstein Foundation's Genius:100 Visions for the Future, NPR's inclusion of Shlain's UC Berkeley address on their list of best commencement speeches, and her films have premiered at top festivals including Sundance and are used by The US State Department to foster dialogue at embassies globally. Shlain serves on the Leadership Board of The Center on Media and Child Health at Harvard's Boston Children's Hospital and is a Henry Crown Fellow of The Aspen Institute. For the past twenty years, she publishes an online quarterly newsletter about arts, culture and ideas called Breakfast @ Tiffany's. Her book "24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day A Week" will be published by Simon & Schuster's Gallery Books on Sept 24th. She and her husband and two children live in Northern California. You can find out more about the book at 24SixLife.com and her films and work at tiffanyshlain.com Follow @tiffanyshlain on Twitter and on Instagram. On Facebook Tiffany Shlain & Let It Ripple Film Studio.
