What is the impact of increasing technology in our lives? Could it be that we are being too passive and simply absorbing everything?

The book brings together 30 professionals from different fields who aim to answer these questions. It is recommended for everyone interested in the topic, as well as for healthcare professionals, educators, and parents. According to psychologist Cristiano Nabuco de Abreu, who also coordinates the Technology Addiction Group of the Impulse Control Disorders Program at the Department of Psychiatry at São Paulo’s Hospital das Clínicas, “We created a book with a scientific approach, but one that can also appeal to laypeople, with an emphasis on adolescents and young adults.”

The book presents how long it took for some technologies to reach 50 million users: radio took 38 years; telephone, 20; television, 13; the internet, 4; Facebook, 3.6; Twitter, 3; the iPad, 2; and Google+, just 88 days.