Reality Check: The Off-Grid Myth

Gaby Hinsliff offers a welcome reality-check on the trendy fantasy of 'going off-grid'. Ditching the mobile, ignoring emails, blocking out the noise:

Going off grid is all about suggesting you’re so hotly in demand that you need to stand back from the craziness – but also crucially that you can afford to do so. That even if you decide to play hard to get, people will still come running.

How living offline became the new status symbol: theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/15/living-offline-status-symbol-eddie-redmayne Pictured: An escapee, free from stressful technology, enjoys a spot of yoga in the peaceful desert. (Presumably.) Source: treehugger.com