“When we take a break from tech, we’re taking a break from our usual social involvement, which is what we typically have done in our vacations before there was tech. We go somewhere where our friends are not, perhaps a place that offers us more solitude,” says David Weinberger by email, fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass.

Source: Taking time off from tech: How many people need to ‘digital detox’? – CSMonitor.com