News Summary

• 80-year-old TomDispatch regular Frida Berrigan writes about the strange way our cell phones and the technology that goes with them have taken over our lives and our world
• Berrigan: I’ve been turning off my iPhone — all the way off! — for 10 to 30 minutes at a time
• In this hyper-connected world of ours, even for such a short time, often feels like an enormous act of self-deprivation