Computer Shut Down Day

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Computer Shut Down Day

• Gustavo Rayo

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March 24, 2007- Global Social Experiment

• No mobile internet or turning on a PC
• Dont use anything with a microprocessor
• Includes car, appliances, watches
• Make a list of things to do

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• Close to 50,000 signed up
• Cnet.com staff participated
• Some sites shut down for the day
• The point is to go out and do other things and
  spend time with people

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Issues

• How addicted are we to computers?
• How has society changed?
• What good things are being lost?
• How dependent on computers are we?
• Is it a habit or addiction?