Beliefnet asks readers on its Religion and Pop Culture blog, “Will you take this weekend as an opportunity to unplug? Read the 10 core principles and see if there are any you can connect with.”
“The 24 hours beginning this Friday, March 19 and extending to Saturday March 20 has been designated as the National Day of Unplugging – in which, ideally, the nation’s multitasking, hyperconnected, iPhone-waving, Tweeting, Facebooking, tech-addicted masses put down their devices and reconnect with the things that are really important.”
“The effort is also inspiring other creative media types; filmmakers Tiffany Shlain and Ken Goldberg – who previously produced “The Tribe,” a popular short film about Jewish identity – were working on their new film “Connected,” which “exposes the importance of personal connectedness in relation to understanding global conditions, ultimately showing how all of humanity is invested in today’s crucial issues” when they saw the Sabbath Manifesto video. Inspired by Reboot’s effort, they created ‘Yelp,’ with the subtitle ‘with apologies to Allen Ginsburg.'”
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