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Five years ago, I delivered what I believe was the first national commencement address on radio. Given this season of graduations, I thought I would take this space to offer those thoughts to the CNN.com audience as well.

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You have the right to disconnectupdated: Tue Sep 30 2008 09:35:00

The great English writer E.M. Forster may have valued connection above all else, but for us 21st-century folks, disconnection is as necessary as connection for creating a healthy, happy life.

Entertainment Weekly: The Must Listupdated: Mon Sep 26 2005 14:04:00

Hospitals, "Housewives," and eight other things we love this week:

Fortune: It Seemed Brilliant at the Timeupdated: Mon Oct 11 1999 00:01:00

Sometimes I even bug myself. Electronically. Like Nixon but with fewer expletives. Or like Tripp but with less incriminating sex. Fortunately for me, my self-surveillance is legal, on the up-and-up...

Fortune: Prisoner Of The Web Our intrepid author holes up in a cabin for five days with no human contact except over the updated: Mon May 25 1998 00:01:00

Let me get one thing straight right up front. I was just trying to live my life: stay connected to family, friends, and colleagues, get my work done, and eat three squares a day. Ordinary stuff, we...

Fortune: ALONE TOGETHER WILL BEING WIRED SET US FREE? NETWORKS WILL OBLITERATE THE INDUSTRIAL MODEL OF SOCIETY. THE FEAR IS updated: Mon Mar 20 1995 00:01:00

Imagine, if you can, a small room, hexagonal in shape, like the cell of a bee. An arm-chair is in the centre, by its side a reading-desk--that is all the furniture. And in the arm-chair there sits ...

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