Can You Survive A Day Without Technology? (VIDEO)

Could you go a day without using your computer or your iPhone? The National Day of Unplugging – a digital detox day that starts at sunset on March 23 — challenges you to do just that. Rachel Sklar, social entrepreneur and CNN technology contributor, supports the effort to unplug, but isn’t so sure we are too tethered to our digital devices.

Watch as she tells genConnect why she thinks today’s technologies offer more freedom than restrictions:

Related: 4 Ways to Beat Your Smartphone Addiction

“Like any tool, they can be used for evil or good,” Sklar says of today’s gadgets. “For me I find that they afford me incredible freedom” to stay on top of business while she’s anywhere.

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