Being Born Off-Line: While staying Human in the digital world

By Lena Mary Panagapko

What happens to our humanity when the "click-clack" of the manual world is replaced by the silent glow of a screen?

Lena was born into a world of rotary phones, "Help Wanted" newspaper ads, and the hard, honest concrete of Alexandra Park in Toronto. It was a time when community wasn't an algorithm, but a neighbor like "Old Bill" sharing stories over a bag of potatoes.

In this moving and timely memoir, Lena takes us on a journey from the "Original Network" of the housing projects to the front lines of a forty-year career in Sales. From the halls of Ryerson Public School to the legendary horseshoe pit built by her father, Steve, she explores the lessons learned when the streetlights were our only notifications and "showing up" was the only way to be seen.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GS727WQL
• ISBN13: 9798250892032
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"