Inspired by Paul Miller’s personal experiment of going one year with absolutely no （1）, the writer went on his own short （2）. He did it because having been plugged in 24-7 for a decade, he wanted to see what would happen if he went （3） for a while. So during his winter vacation to Mexico, he didn’t go （4） except to check his email. As a result, he discovered that technology is （5） evil and technology is already a （6） of him now. Nevertheless, he also came to the conclusion that it is the （7） of thoughtful articles and good books, （8） snacky online content, that （9） the mind.