What is a "digital detox"?

Bye bye smartphone: a digital detox involves giving up all electronic devices.Digital detox means "digital detoxification", which involves giving up digital media and electronic technologies of all kinds such as smartphones, iPhones, laptops, computers, the internet, televisions, gadgets and all electronic communication and entertainment for a certain period of time, and a flourishing industry has developed around digital detox in the USA. In California, for example, there are vacation offers for those who want to free themselves from constant accessibility for a few days. Participants retreat to bungalows or a ranch in the north of San Francisco and swap their smartphones, tablet computers and laptops for serenity and bliss. At least that is the promise of the providers. The aim is to achieve this with yoga classes, meditation courses, art workshops and healthy food, and there are now also such offers in Switzerland. On November 19, 2015, the following even took place in Zurich a conference on the topic.