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Team Human

”When Chris Dancy says he’s our future, we should take it as both invitation and threat. Here’s a vision of what you’ll feel is either the next stage of humanity, or it’s utter dissolution. If you want to optimize human beings for cyborg reality, this is the direction to go. If you’re afraid of what it means to live in a society where humans are programmed like anything else, then this is the nightmare, articulated.”

Douglas Rushkoff, Best Selling Author Author

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Nike

“Chris is one of the bravest souls I’ve met. His relentless pursuit of the truth is a non-traditional dangerous path that most fear and would cringe to take. It is because of this that I listen intently whenever I get to hear him speak as I know what I’m hearing will be the truth rather than beautiful words.”

-Kristin Hildebrand, Global Concept Director, Nike

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Air New Zealand

“In “Don’t Unplug”, Chris Dancy uses the power of storytelling to expose us to his incredibly personal and most vulnerable experiences and life lessons. Using every technology imaginable, and unlocking the data to create his absolute best self, Dancy shares the greatest 10 years of his life so far. Not satisfied with just saving himself, Dancy’s focus has turned to saving every one of us, reminding us that to be a truly mindful cyborg, we should stop once in a while, and smell the digital roses.”

Julia Raue, Director, CIO Air New Zealand

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NHS

“In a world where corporations and governments/outside forces use our data to monitor and manipulate our lives, we need guides who can show us how to take back control. Having lived the highs and lows of what technology can do to us as humans, Chris Dancy is a herald of the future we need to build. Don’t Unplug is full of powerful stories, valuable insights and practical advice of how to be a better human in a world where the pace of change of technology is only going to increase. Do you want to ride the digital roller-coaster or be ridden? This book will make sure you make the right choice.”

-Rohan Gunatillake, NHS Scottland - Head of Product, Author “This is Happening: Redesigning mindfulness for our very modern lives” and CEO buddhify.

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Computer History Museum

“Don’t Unplug” is Dancy’s absorbing memoir of his remarkable journey from his Mom’s basement to the world stage. Both his descent into irrelevance and his subsequent metamorphosis into a highly-sought-after digital sage were on the wings of his obsessive, recorded, measured and minutely examined life, something only possible by a consummate technologist in the prime of technology. His beguiling story becomes an object lesson in how to make your life better with tech, while simultaneously making tech better with your life.”

-Alan Cooper-Father of Visual Basic and Computer History Museum Fellow

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Mashable

“Dancy is the ultimate example of two revolutions underway in tech: the Internet of Things (smart thermostats, garage doors, toothbrushes, tennis racquets) and quantified self (what you learn about yourself from trackers).”

Mashable 2014

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BBC 2014

One of the reoccurring themes in modern life is the rapid pace of technical innovation. Your top of the line smart phone is never top of the line for very long. The tip of the spear where technology is concerned is Chris Dancy.

-BBC 2014

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