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The requested URL /blogs/controlpanel/Blogs/John Freeman thinks so, obviously, or he wouldn't have whipped up this lengthy essay for the Wall Street Journal (even though it's adapted from a forthcoming book). In a couple places, Freeman is guilty of serious exaggeration. I don't think I email to avoid thinking about death, for example. And when I ducked into a nearby park to read Freeman's piece, I didn't just see people hunched over their laptops. Instead, I saw one guy with a computer; one guy on a phone; a couple people reading; and a bunch more people hanging out in small groups. Having said that, I'm not unsympathetic to Freeman's broader argument. My computer went on the fritz last week, and I didn't have internet access from Thursday night through Monday morning. At first I was antsy. By the time the weekend ended, I was totally loving my disconnected state. I felt...mentally cleaner, if that makes any sense. You've probably experienced something similar--and like me, you're probably not going to renounce the web. So what's the solutionF%20%20%22It%20starts%20with%20a%20simple%20suggestion:%20Don%27t%20send,%22%20writes%20Freeman.%20I%20know%20he%27s%20got%20a%20book%20to%20push,%20but%20I%20don%27t%20think%20this%20modest%20proposal%20works.%20My%20email%20activity,%20whether%20it%27s%20personal%20or%20professional,%20is%20probably%20the%20most%20justifiable%20stuff%20I%20do%20online.%20It%27s%20the%20stuff%20I%20do%20*after*%20I%20check%20email%20that%20seems%20more%20problematic--whether%20it%27s%20checking%20a%20worthwhile%20blog%20for%20the%20second%20time%20in%20ten%20minutes,%20instead%20of%20just%20holding%20off%20until%20the%20next%20day;%20or%20doing%20a%20Google%20News%20search%20for%20%22Ricky%20Rubio%22%20%28it%27s%20a%20long%20story%29;%20or%20comparing%20my%20Myers-Briggs%20results%20to%20sundry%20people%20on%20Facebook.%20%20%20So%20again--what%27s%20the%20solution?%20Don%27t%20waste%20time%20with%20stupid%20shit%20online?%20Sounds%20simple,%20but%20between%20A%29%20the%20way%20our%20brains%20are%20wired%20and%20B%29%20the%20fact%20that%20the%20boundary%20between%20stupid%20shit%20and%20worthwhile%20material%20%28e.g.,%20Freeman%27s%20piece,%20which%20I%20found%20via%20Facebook%29%20isn%27t%20always%20clear,%20it%27s%20not%20that%20easy.%20%20Thoughts,%20readers?%20 was not found on this server.