Digital Wellbeing: Empowering Connection with Wonder and Imagination in the Age of AI - Hardcover

by Caitlin Krause (Author)

"Digital Wellbeing masterfully explores the intersection of technology and human potential. This book is a must-read for those who want to leverage the power of AI to unlock their creativity and imagination and ultimately invent new means of expression that will go way beyond human language, art, and science of today." --Ray Kurzweil, inventor, futurist, and author of New York Times bestseller The Singularity Is Nearer

Elevate your digital wellbeing by embracing wonder, creativity, and technology

Digital Wellbeing is a transformative guide that offers leaders, business professionals, educators, and lifelong learners a path to thrive in the digital age. Krause provides innovative strategies to enhance mindfulness, creativity, and wellbeing in a world enriched by technology. This book empowers readers to leverage digital tools to create meaningful, positive connections and improve their overall quality of life. Discover how to integrate principles of wonder, awe, creativity, and imagination with cutting-edge technology to achieve a balanced and fulfilling digital experience.

• Learn about frameworks for digital wellbeing and how to apply them effectively.
• Gain insights on using technology to enhance connection and a sense of belonging.
• Explore the impact of spatial computing, immersive imagination, virtual reality, and AI on wellbeing.
• Understand social media's impact on societal expectations and personal interactions.
• Access actionable strategies for leaders, educators, and individuals to excel digitally.
• Learn how tech usage can be more intentional and less reactionary.
• Engage with reflection questions and exercises to deepen understanding and application.

Combining the structure of a how-to guide with the depth of a reflective workbook, this book offers practical advice and engaging exercises, all delivered in Krause's distinctive voice. Explore the transformative potential of Digital Wellbeing and learn how to excel in a digitally connected world with wonder and imagination. Begin your journey towards a balanced, enriching digital life today.

Front Jacket

In an era where digital technology affects every aspect of our lives, Digital Wellbeing: Empowering Connection with Wonder and Imagination in the Age of AI encourages readers to proactively navigate the complex relationships between technology, creativity, and human wellness. Written in an approachable, practical, and uplifting style, this book explores how digital platforms, tools, and interfaces, from social media to virtual and augmented reality, gaming, and wearables, influence our mental health, relationships, innovative capacity, and overall wellbeing.

This book investigates challenges and opportunities presented by the Age of AI, offering insights into managing attention, overcoming the loneliness epidemic, building meaningful relationships, elevating awe, and harnessing technology to enhance life rather than detract from it. Readers are guided to integrate principles of wonder and imagination with the most current digital practices to increase connection, joy, and flourishing. Written by internationally acclaimed keynote speaker, author, and extended reality experience designer Caitlin Krause, this book empowers readers to:

• Gain insights about how to use technology to enhance connection, collaboration, and creativity.
• Learn about frameworks for wonder-rich digital wellbeing and how to apply them effectively.
• Explore the relationship between spatial computing, AI, and wellbeing.
• Understand social media's impact on attention, and adopt intentional practices that encourage whole-life thriving.
• Identify games and media that encourage flourishing, from a designer's mindset.
• Incorporate music, wearables, and movement into embodied wellbeing.
• Access actionable strategies for leaders to excel digitally, with personal self-assessments and guides for teams that support a culture of innovation, openness, and belonging.
• Craft more intentional tech integrations and daily life habits.
• Engage with active reflection questions, examples, and exercises to deepen understanding and introduce practical applications.

Inviting, powerful, and delightfully fun to read, Digital Wellbeing earns a well-deserved spot on the bookshelves of all individuals seeking optimal, healthy, and creatively fulfilling strategies to interact with technology and thrive.

Back Jacket

PRAISE FOR DIGITAL WELLBEING

"Digital Wellbeing masterfully explores the intersection of technology and human potential. This book is a must-read for those who want to leverage the power of AI to unlock their creativity and imagination and ultimately invent new means of expression that will go way beyond human language, art, and science of today."
--Ray Kurzweil, Inventor, futurist, and author of New York Times bestseller The Singularity Is Nearer

"At a time when the impulse to lead fully digital lives and automate is tempting, Caitlin Krause's Digital Wellbeing offers ways to uphold creative freedom and imagination. She lights a way for integrity in this digital age, recognizing our lives as a Mobius strip of inner-outer connection. This book guides us to access what is most genuine and vital, fostering a mindful and authentic relationship with technology."
-- Parker J. Palmer, Author of Let Your Life Speak, A Hidden Wholeness, and On the Brink of Everything

"Caitlin Krause's book is a masterclass in digital wellbeing. Our tech often overwhelms, and Krause shows us how to reclaim awe and wonder. Essential reading for anyone looking to succeed in this age of noise, disruption, and change."
--Scott Galloway, Professor of Marketing, NYU Stern School of Business

"A transformative guide for today's leaders, showing how technology can enhance--rather than hinder--our capacity for genuine human connection and creativity. It's a vital resource for anyone who wants to create meaningful impact and navigate the emerging digital world with innovation and authenticity."
-- Dorie Clark, Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Long Game and executive education faculty, Columbia Business School

"Digital Wellbeing provides a feast of science-backed insights...pulls us in and leaves us with important and memorable ways to thrive in the digital domain without becoming lost in it."
-- Daniel J. Siegel, MD, New York Times bestselling author of Aware and Mind; Co-Founder, Mindsight Institute and the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center

"There's another plane of existence waiting for you, full of so much wonder and meaning. In this delightful book, Krause opens your eyes to the marvels that can be found in the digital world."
--Scott Barry Kaufman, PhD, Author of Transcend

"Caitlin Krause is hands-down the 'go-to expert' on mental wellbeing and VR. I can't think of a better person to write this book."
--Jeremy Bailenson, Founding Director of Stanford University's Virtual Human Interaction Lab

"Take to heart Krause's message that wonder and imagination are not threatened by digital and AI, but instead, like other tools of our age, they can empower us especially when we listen to and follow the promptings of our own human hearts."
--Tom Furness, "Grandfather of Virtual Reality"

"Digital Wellbeing empowers leaders to blend technological innovation with genuine human connection, particularly those aiming to lead with purpose and compassion in our increasingly digital world."
--Shelley Zalis, Founder and CEO of The Female Quotient

"In Digital Wellbeing, Krause brings movement into the realm of discovery and awe, revolutionizing how we use immersive experiences to boost body awareness. These insights are groundbreaking, offering a fresh perspective on thriving in our increasingly digital world."
--Kathy Smith, Fitness Icon and New York Times bestselling author

"Caitlin Krause maps this meshing of the human and digital domains in ways that elevate connection with others and reinvigorate a sense of wonder for the road ahead--all with such graceful clarity."
--Rodney Mullen, Skateboarder and Fellow at MIT Media Lab