Peggy Orenstein forced herself offline, and reflects in the New York Times Magazine whether this is the path to true knowledge:
“Not long ago, I started an experiment in self-binding: intentionally creating an obstacle to behavior I was helpless to control, much the way Ulysses lashed himself to his ship’s mast to avoid succumbing to the Sirens’ song. In my case, though, the irresistible temptation was the Internet.”