Better Off Quotes

“Technology undoubtedly has, and will always have, some role in making life easier or better, so one shouldn't exclude it. But the role is supplemental. Technology serves us, not we technology.

The principle of minimation can be roughly stated thus: it is better to find a non-technological solution than a technological one, or failing that, a less technological solution than a more technological one.”
― Eric Brende, Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology

“Life offers more than one option for doing the right thing.”
― Eric Brende, Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology

“One of the great comforts of our present home, on the other hand, was that we hadn't chosen it. Inevitability is surely part of the sense of home, the irreplaceable something for which the heart yearns.”
― Eric Brende, Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology

“In being slower, time is more capacious. The event is only in the moment. By speeding through life with technology, you reduce what any given moment can hold. By slowing down, you expand it.”
― Eric Brende, Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology

“In a world in which everything is in motion, motion finally comes to seem the absolute, the unfailing standard by which everything else is gauged.”
― Eric Brende, Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology

“Too little of it is no better than too much”
― Eric Brende, Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology