data fast

data fast
n.
The act of turning off your computer and other electronic equipment for an extended period of time. Also: information fast.
Example Citations:
Go on what David Shenk calls "data fasts". Take a week in the country away from all the noise to clear your head. Take a big novel with you, preferably by an austere Russian from the 19th century.
— Nick Paton Walsh, "Information burnout — is it the new flu?," Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne, Australia), April 23, 2000
Try data "fasts." Even Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates takes a "think week" away from his computer.
— Marsha White, "Confronting Information Overload," Journal of School Health, April 1, 2000
Earliest Citation:
Cleanse your system with "data fasts." Every now and then, turn everything off. It will help you to evaluate its real value.
— Joy Rothke, "Poking holes in the Net," The San Francisco Examiner, May 19, 1997
Related Words:
newsfasting
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