The NYT’s Farhad Manjoo took a couple months off from the deluge of digital news. This is what he learned. “I am not just less anxious and less addicted to the news, I am more widely informed (though there are some blind spots). And I’m embarrassed about how much free time I have — in two months, I managed to read half a dozen books, took up pottery and (I think) became a more attentive husband and father.” (My own kids know that if they want more of my attention, they just have to do something newsworthy…)