So Digital Minimalism covers a different way of approaching technology. We keep with it if there is any benefit, rather than looking at the opportunity cost. Much modern technology is designed to maximize our interaction with it. Some of this is high quality connection with far-flung family and friends. Many of us wind up unlocking our smart phones 100+ times per day. He had originally been planning to write something else, he notes, but when talking with people about doing deep work, they kept bringing up the difficulty of doing so. Now he’s back with a new book on the philosophy of Digital Minimalism. By day a computer science professor at Georgetown, he moonlights writing self-help books on building career capital ( So Good They Can’t Ignore You) and developing the discipline to fend off distraction ( Deep Work). Cal Newport has made a name for himself as the millennial (well, an older millennial) who doesn’t have any social media accounts.
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