Tech Diets Catch on With Apple Executives, Facebook Billionaires and Googlers
Silicon Valley insiders, concerned about the attention-sapping effects of modern technology, experiment with ways to log off.
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At Google, some employees use a tool that restricts time spent on email. A senior Apple Inc. executive said his wife used a device that sets iPhone and iPad limits for their children. Members of a venture capital firm meditate before phone-free quarterly meetings. Slava Rubin, co-founder of crowdfunding site Indiegogo, has a strict no-screen policy for gatherings and adopted a similar rule for his bedroom.
"Literally, the only electricity we use is one lamp," he says.