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This chapter aims to highlight a real experience about disconnection, such as leaving influential media platforms, having an endeavor to rethink the relationship between humans and technology in the era of the internet. “Disconnection” has become the new normal of Internet connectivity culture. In the process of spoken communication, text communication, print communication, electronic communication, and internet communication, the article explores the "anti-technology" of mind. This study analyzes the discussion content of Western disconnectors on the foreign platform “Reddit” and explores the user’s understanding of this behavior. This study rethinks significantly these behaviors that seem to be “anti-technology.” Some people have constantly been examining and speculating on the relationship between humans and communication technology, keeping a distance from it. There are constant voices of doubt about it, and anti-technology has also become the primary trend. Therefore, disconnecting is a new way of living that is connected, an active pursuit of oneself, resistance to media and corporate dominance, and a new way of thinking about how people and technology interact. The purpose of “disconnection” is to accomplish the subjectivity of humans and promote the healthy development of the relationship between humans and technology.