https://www.scmp.com/rss/324872/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com As our lives become ever more connected, there are so few places we can go to truly switch off any more. Take aeroplanes. These were once disconnected sanctuaries where you had nothing to do except read, daydream or doze off – “a retreat in the sky”, in the words of one Buddhist monk. That’s no longer the case. On a flight recently, a teenager across the aisle from me wasn’t just watching a film, but watching a film on one screen and playing games on another. A nearby passenger was working on... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-beauty/article/2104452/why-we-need-our-capacity-solitude-and-how-technology-slowly?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-beauty/article/2104452/why-we-need-our-capacity-solitude-and-how-technology-slowly?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 30 Jul 2017 09:01:28 +0000